Thursday, December 02, 2021
A La Carte
Life & Style • Published Dec. 02, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Two Sweet Gifts from Your Own Kitchen
A year ago, a COVID vaccine was my holiday hope to family and friends (and everyone else in the world). I think all we wanted was a vaccine that this once-a-century pandemic could be handled and...
Life & Style • Published Nov. 25, 2021 12:01 a.m.
So Much Turkey
I hope you are having, or have had, a wonderful Thanksgiving.I was invited to a friend’s house, and I was asked to make two pies (one apple, one pumpkin), green beans, and corn bread....
Life & Style • Published Nov. 18, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Navigating All The Different Diets
Over the last week or so, I thought about friends who are somewhat, or totally, vegetarian. A new friend is vegan; had I known that, I would not have served pasta with marinara and pepperoni. My...
Life & Style • Published Nov. 11, 2021 12:01 a.m.
The Last Word on Pies (for 2021)
Okay, my friend Lisa suggested I make two pies—one apple and one pumpkin for Thanksgiving.Easy peasy.Also green beans and corn bread.I also want to let you know that I...
Life & Style • Published Nov. 04, 2021 12:01 a.m.
It’s Time to Talk Pie
Is it too soon to talk about pie?I, myself, do not think so.Thanksgiving is just weeks away. For many years I made the crust from scratch. The best recipe was given to me by Deb...
Life & Style • Published Oct. 28, 2021 12:01 a.m.
A Recipe from the Past
I read in bed at night, sometimes hours before I am ready to go to sleep. I like to read long magazine articles, especially in The New Yorker. I don’t read all the articles, but I...
Life & Style • Published Oct. 21, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Now I Make Shepherd’s Pie
My husband’s parents and my own parents had a lot in common. Doug’s dad and mine were born on the same day and year, July 1, 1905. Our mothers were born on the same year. Each of our ...
Life & Style • Published Oct. 14, 2021 12:01 a.m.
A Time for Eating All the Vegetables
A few weeks ago, my refrigerator was filled with tomato sauces and chicken. I made a huge, seven-pound chicken, which I ate for at least five days (sandwiches, tacos, and chicken salad). As for...
Life & Style • Published Oct. 07, 2021 12:01 a.m.
It’s Official: Summer’s Over
Oh, summer is over when we have our last boules party.And it was a doozy, to use an old-fashioned word for an amazing get-together. We missed the entire 2020 summer, and our kickoff in June ...
Life & Style • Published Sep. 30, 2021 12:01 a.m.
A Dinner to Make When You Have About a Half Hour
I have always assumed that people use coupons when they go to supermarkets. I am a newspaper and magazine freak, and I always clip coupons. I try to remember to take them with me, too.In my ...
Life & Style • Published Sep. 23, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Chicken Again
I had a great time on a recent trip with my daughter. We took trips to the town pool, to the Pacific Ocean, to the movies, and to a cookout. The food was fabulous, and included both tacos and...
Life & Style • Published Sep. 16, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Planning for a Welcome Home Meal
By the time you read this, I will have flown home from La Mirada, California, having visited with my daughter Darcy, her husband, and their greyhound, Whitney.Darcy was planning many of her ...
Life & Style • Published Sep. 09, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Break Out the Panini Press
One of the many vegetables I never tasted growing up was eggplant. As I have mentioned before, the only veggies I grew up with were canned green beans, canned peas, and canned corn. We...
Life & Style • Published Sep. 02, 2021 12:01 a.m.
What a Nice Week
It was a really nice week.One of my oldest childhood friends, Rosalie, visited. We ate lobster rolls, grilled steaks, sweet corn, and a big salad. The next night we had pizza and Coca-Cola, ...
Life & Style • Published Aug. 26, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Tomatoes, Tomatoes, and Even More Tomatoes
A couple of weeks ago I went to a small party at Washington Park in Groton. It was held outside in one of a half dozen “cabins,” each of which have concrete floors, a few dark-...
Life & Style • Published Aug. 19, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Two Soups for Summer
I do my best to avoid I-95 on summer weekends, but so far I have been disappointed with my local farm share. No tomatoes, no corn, and almost 80 percent of what it’s offering isn’t...
Life & Style • Published Aug. 12, 2021 12:01 a.m.
A Dessert Like an Island Paradise
At our first boules game in late spring, we played at Stacie and Tim Boyd’s house in Old Lyme. It wasn’t the first game since last year, of course; we’d missed all of last...
Life & Style • Published Aug. 05, 2021 12:01 a.m.
How Could I Resist?
The isolation caused by the pandemic, almost a year, actually, didn’t bother me as much as those who had to fill supermarket shelves, teach children at home, or who lost a job. Because I...
Life & Style • Published July 29, 2021 12:01 a.m.
A Fruit Dessert, for Now and for Later
I have, in my Kindle, at least four sample books waiting for me to read. No matter the weather, I probably read four to five hours a day. But at night, in bed, I read recipes. When I find...
Life & Style • Published July 22, 2021 12:01 a.m.
On Being Imperfect and a More Perfect Recipe
First of all, let me tell you, once again, that I am far, far from perfect. Now, I could pretend that the mistake in Lois Porter’s recipe for macaroni salad [July 8 column “Losing a...
Life & Style • Published July 15, 2021 12:01 a.m.
So, So Good and Good for You, Too
Todd Lyon, restaurant reviewer, food writer, all-around great person and fashionista from New Haven used to love a breakfast that might have included cereal, toast, pancakes, fruit juice, and the...
Life & Style • Published July 08, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Losing a Brother, Gaining a Friend
I haven’t really talked to you all about my drive to Pittsburgh for my brother’s memorial service.He was my only sibling. Now I am only one. But all my nieces and nephew were...
Life & Style • Published July 01, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Like Salad, Only Better
By the time you read this, my CSA (community-supported agriculture) will be well underway.Sweet corn will be a few weeks away (usually the Connecticut’s first sweet corn comes from...
Life & Style • Published June 24, 2021 12:01 a.m.
It’s Farmshare Season
I don’t know about you, but I bought my CSA (community-supported agriculture) in December.Remember December? Joe Biden had been elected in early November. We knew two COVID vaccines...
Life & Style • Published June 17, 2021 12:01 a.m.
Mac n’ Cheese, with a Side of History
A new documentary from Netflix called High on the Hog tells the story of enslaved people who tried to keep their own lives and traditions alive along with their culinary journey.In ...
Trending in Life & Style
Photography as a Walking Meditation
Read 298 times
Ivoryton and Other Connecticut Theaters Offer New Options for Holiday Theater-Going
Read 281 times
So Much Turkey
Read 230 times
Lyme Art Association Decks The Walls
Read 181 times
A House by Kevin Henkes
Read 151 times
Magazines
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on Twitter