In the hours before our meal last week at Passionfish in Pacific Grove, California, my father was visibly anxious. I suppose he had reason to be. The last time we went there together I was disappointed by the experience. The dinner commemorated the long-overdue completion of my Bachelor’s degree and my expectations were high. They [...]
Read More»Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving holiday here in the good ol’ USA. It’s a harvest festival, a time for reflection as the days shorten and darken, an excuse to be with family and friends, an opportunity for gluttony and for giving back. The Thanksgiving of my childhood is blanched, salted almonds, smooth on the tongue and [...]
Read More»I have just had a colossally bad day in the kitchen, the sort that makes me wonder if I can cook at all, or if I have merely been really lucky up until now. I was going to make a cake. I was going to make a cake for my Squeeze’s birthday, the first of [...]
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