Do you know why I originally made this unique and holiday-appropriate skillet cookie last year? Because I had half a bag of fresh cranberries left over from something and I didn’t want to waste them. That’s it, that’s the whole reason. Fascinating! And that, my dear friends, is why I rarely write about food on…
Pumpkin-Ginger Oat Scones
“…it could be argued that the Senate minority leader is only doing what top Democrats always do: fetishize the idea of bipartisanship and brag about their friendships across the aisle.” —Mehdi Hasan They’re dropping like flies: Republican Representative Peter King is just the latest in a string of House Republicans announcing their retirement after this…
Parmesan Pancetta Risotto
“Throughout history, women have been traduced and silenced. Now, it’s our time to tell our own stories in our own words.” –Monica Lewinsky Mr. Wallace and I began dating in 2003, and the first lovers’ spat we ever had was over whether or not Bill Clinton deserved to be impeached. People who know us in…
Maple-Pecan Cinnamon Cake with Maple Buttercream
“There’s nothing wrong with a plain and simple frosted cake.” —Melissa Clark At this point, it’s all but undisputed that the internet democratized recipe development and sharing, wrenching the top-down choke hold from froufrou and, in fairness not-so-froufrou, cooking magazines. This gave talented former nobodies a bigger platform and consumers much more choice. Food blogs…
Julia Reed’s Scotch Old-Fashioned
“I do not understand this person on any level. Buy candy and hand it out. If you run out of candy, turn your light off. The end.” —Molly with the Mediocre Hair, Jezebel Commenter As my regulars know, about a year and a half ago, Mr. Wallace and I traded our beloved city life for…
Amaretto-Butternut Squash Soup with Cinnamon Toast Croutons
“An 80-year-old white guy is not leading any sort of political revolution. And why is it that this 80-year-old white guy who is supposed to be leading the REVOLOOSHUN took a three-year break from the revolution to write a couple of books? Weirdest revolution ever.” –Imani Gandi I haven’t been shy about who will get…
Oatmeal, Cranberry, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies
“We all know about the snarky coverage of conservatism, right? That’s not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is the overly kind coverage of conservatism.” —Jeff Sharlet As a loyal viewer, I’d like to give a nod of approval to last Thursday’s (October 17, 2019) Law and Order: Special Victims Unit episode, entitled “The Burden…
Chorizo Chili with an Avo Baked Egg
“And entertainment has nothing to do with reality. Entertainment is antithetical to reality.” ― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park I packed eight books for leisure beach reading on my birthday vacation last month. A tad ambitious, as I read four, got about a third of the way through a fifth (which I did eventually finish), and the…
Green Beans with Snail Butter
“You don’t have to do this, Joe, you really don’t.” –Barack Obama Back in 2015, I told all my friends and family and anyone who would listen (so, no one) that Hillary Clinton would lose the presidential race. No one believed me, and I let them talk me out of it, obviously because deep down…
Brown Butter Pear-Apple Pie
“People lose people [or pets] they love every day. My loss is no more important than anyone else’s. I just share it in an honest way because our cultures shuns death, as if dying weren’t part of living.” —Jennie Perillo Grief is a strange beast. As my regular readers know, my sweet, insane, beautiful fourteen-year-old…
