Too Much Going On

All of a sudden, life has gotten kind of breathless.  A good part of it is the season.  Last Sunday, for instance, we celebrated the US holiday of Thanksgiving with the Espinosas and had a wonderful time.  I’ll post about that soon.

Seasonal Baking

Most Americans dislike fruitcake, having had only the commercial versions which are awful.  Dry, tasteless–if that’s all there were, I’d say yes, leave that out of your cuisine.
But many years ago, I happened across a fruitcake recipe in Craig Claireborne’s The New York Times Cookbook (which was a mainstay of my kitchen for years) and [...]

The Bridge Of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder, an American, won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey.  Yet the book is not American in style or outlook.  That was deliberate on Wilder’s part.  A fan of 17th and 18th century classic French literature, the book has an odd detachment that somehow or another greatly enhances [...]