St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine monastic order and father of much spiritual wisdom and practice wrote, “always we begin again.” After having not eaten very well for the past couple of weeks I am especially eager to begin again, and the best place to start is with breakfast. Breakfast is like the opening music … Continue reading
My last post was nearly two weeks ago and I have scarcely cooked anything in that time. I call this the “eggs and popcorn” phase of the semester when I have so many final projects and end-of-year things to do that I stop thinking about food altogether. To be fair, I don’t stop thinking about … Continue reading
When I was 17 years old and in my first year of college (a failed attempt…but that’s another story) I nannied for a good friend, watching her two adolescent boys after school until their parents came home. Her boys, who are now grown men (and wonderful ones, to boot), were, at the time, about the … Continue reading
Gastromomica 