This rich but relatively uncomplicated dessert is somewhere between a pudding and a cake (the top layer becomes spongy/cakey) and unless you dislike citrus and/or tangy desserts, you are very likely to enjoy it. At least virtually everyone to whom I have served it has dug it and come back for more.
Continue Readingmy personal highlight reel from Charles Lloyd’s catalog through the years.
Continue ReadingThis is a very simple and very tasty vegan pesto that accomodates the produce limitations that many of us endure through the winter.
Continue ReadingThoughts (and feelings) on today’s adoption . . .
Continue ReadingJ.B., Rev. Al, Bobby “Blue”, Brother Ray and 6 more . . .
Continue ReadingSlow and steady. The tortoise has got it goin’ on. And even if the hare has a good day, it’s probably due to having taken “turtle steps” along the way to develop that ability.
Continue ReadingHere are my top 10 songs from MTV’s first few years that seem to have been all but forgotten even by those with nostalgic memories of that era.
Continue ReadingThis entry begins a series of posts about different sorts of kitchen calamities and the corresponding lessons. In honor of the forthcoming holiday season, the first entry focuses on two meals that helped me learn how NOT to cook for a special event.
Continue ReadingI love Stevie Wonder so much that coming up with a Top 10 list for him is really hard – hard to even know how to approach it. So I have ultimately decided on approaching it as the top 10 tracks I cannot imagine living without.
Continue ReadingI love kale and other leafy greens, and for reasons I’ll explain in a little bit, this is something of a miracle. With a little flexibility, this basic technique can be applied to a number of green things, which is great because a) it tastes really good and b) contains only 4 ingredients (5 if you count water, I guess) and is very simple to make.
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