Kitchen of Serendip

For the past week, all of my meals have come out of one of two boxes in the pantry (pasta, cereal), the freezer (full-on frozen meals, not j...

Things that make me happy:  1. Breaking out my green, suede, flat, knee-high boots.  2. Sleeping with a second blanket without waking up thi...

A couple of weeks ago, my farmer's market began to take on a rugged visage. The bright, smooth-skinned fruits and delicate vegetables I...

I really don't know what happened. I'd been on a roll. Then my oven broke, school picked up, the world started to go to hell and poo...

Sweet plums. Spicy batter. At once summer's last hurrah and an ode to the cooler temperatures already - OMG - setting in, I can't th...