Alice was our au pair from China, and when she joined our family, she brought with her a slew of tasty dishes. Our family fell in love with her complex fried rice, dumplings with juicy meat fillings, and her crispy egg rolls with garlicky-meaty-mushroom fillings. The tricky thing was that Alice was one of those […]

Jefferson Davis has been punked … with ’punkin, that is. Want a great, timeless Southern pie with a Yankee influence that tastes exactly like a punkin’ chip cookie? Both North and South are equally represented here in a dessert that is outrageously good. Classically, Jefferson Davis Pie is made with egg yolks but replacing them […]

They say when Mama’s not happy, nobody is happy. By the time you read this, Spouse and I will have retrieved Second Born from the airport and The Love Couple will be in Maine for the weekend for some much needed family time. This can only mean one thing. This Mama is happy. It has […]

Traditionally, our family commences The Great Christmas Undecorating during the Epiphany weekend, which quickly follows on the heels of the holiday season. What’s not an epiphany is that our home’s three wise men and I always get that unavoidably bittersweet feeling taking down ornaments and lights. Our tree, which began its stay at the Cote […]

Well, it’s that time of year again, when half-frozen precipitation tumbles out of the sky and smothers the world, making it difficult to move and communicate and live normally. Of course we being humans choose to sweep it up, clear paths, put another log on the fire and keep living as usual. Hooray for the […]