Mental Gymnastics, and Almond-Plum Cobbler for Your 6-inch Skillet

When you live alone, there are few kitchen tools as satisfying as a 6-inch cast-iron skillet. It gives power of purpose, and even a bit of f...

Shortbread Cookies for the Next Flood

If you were on the East coast bracing for Irene, especially in New York, you may have been bored and antsy because you didn’t know what you ...

Circle in the sand

This is something that happened last night. I went to see Rickie Lee Jones—who, as anyone who knows me knows is an artist I’m mildly obsesse...

Weighing in

I woke up this morning, showered, and stepped outside feeling anew: I am a gay man who can get married [here]! As I started thinking through...