The sour, unmistakable smell of fermenting whiskey filled my head as soon as I stepped inside the distilling room. There’s not another scent quite like that and I recognized it immediately, harkening back to a visit I made to the Woodford Reserve distillery several years ago. I listened attentively as …
I stood at my bedroom window, and gazed in wonder at the nighttime sky above. The sweet sound of summertime crickets and late evening breezes made a perfect backdrop to my imagining, and I think made things feel even more magical. I folded up the pieces of …
The summer I turned sixteen, I was fortunate enough to go on a trip to Europe with my mother, her sister (my Auntie Em), and my cousin Rachel. It was two weeks that were filled to the brim with unforgettable first-time experiences for me. The …
I found Elle this morning sitting by herself in the dining room, staring at a series of citrus fruits that she’d lined up on the table. Like spherical, neon-hued soldiers all lined up and ready for duty, Elle sat very calmly in front of them with …
A grad school friend of mine handed me a pair of headphones once; a very large, oversized pair meant for heads and ears much more sizeable than mine I have to believe. “Okay, can you hear the music?” he asked me, as he adjusted the heavy earpieces to …
I remember the first time I visited a farm – a real working farm. It was on an elementary school field trip, and my young classmates and I couldn’t wait to see the animals and crops up close and personal, live and in living color. …
A master chef’s hat, a chef’s “toque” to which they are more accurately referred, has exactly 100 pleats; one hundred crisp, precise folds standing together in conical harmony, unabashedly towering above the heads of the hallowed few who have earned the right to wear one. The more folds, the better …
My daughter has a knack for finding old bits of food around the house; crumbs and odds and ends of things that apparently my eyes and vacuum cleaner are unable to detect. “Oooh! Is it an old Cheerio or a new Cheerio?” she’ll ask, knowing full …
