Ooohh, I just made shrimp and grits for the first time this week and while mine were good, I’d love to see your “famous” recipe.

Btw, grits question. I bought Bob’s Red Mill thinking that they were the […]

The “oh no” horn section totally reminds me of the Star Wars Cantina song!

Perfect timing! I’m going to be on the beach next week and need good reads!

I want to love The Breeders and Wild Flag. I love who they are and what they stand for. I just can’t appreciate their music.

What market are you talking about? In the western ‘burbs, we seem to only have “French” markets which are part craft fair/part farmers’ market so I’d be interested to hear which markets in the city are selling […]

I buy vegetables, meat and eggs at my local farmers market (FM) all of which are readily available at my local chain grocery store. In the winter months I buy these things at the chain store b/c I don’t have the […]

Ooohh, I love the idea of a strawberry hanging basket! I like to buy my veggies at our local farmers market, and, since it’s garden planting season, I also bought small herb plants from a local farmer. […]

I impressed, as always, by the breadth of your book knowledge!

Ditto on the herbs. I want to plant some in containers this summer and I’ve never done this before. Basics would be very helpful! Also, knowing more about the different varieties of veggie there are and which […]

I had an anecdotal story about my mom, but wanted to back it up with “evidence,” so found this NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01kolata.html?ref=health&_r=0

My mom had lipo on her […]

Newsies!!! Awesome, awesome movie. Ah, Christian Bale before he became a prick (or, at least before the world discovered it).

“doesn’t include Colin Firth.” hear, hear.

Blah; “answering.” Between that and the multiple “!” can you tell I was excited to get book recommends?

Thanks for answer my question! I LOVED Julia Child’s My Life In France so you’re definitely reading me correctly! I’ll have to check out your other suggestions now.

Rather than the typical falling in love romance stories, I prefer the “long term” relationship stories and what happens to a couple when they’ve been married for a number of years, i.e. Tara Road and Claire and […]

LOL!

OMDog, this post took me back to my early teen years! And your hair wasn’t bad; that’s a gorgeous shade of red! I had huge snake earrings that I wore for class pictures that year. That was the extent of my […]

Wow, congrats! That is actually a topic I’m interested in so I’m buying your Kindle version!

Yea, book recommends! I am loving this new column!

I am looking for another Maeve Binchy. I LOVE her books; Tara Road is my all time favorite. To me, they seem simple (as in not a lot of action) and […]

I just finished Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. The book was a great retelling of the injustices that took place in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina; I raged against the man throughout the book. However, in doing […]