Oak-Smoked Pasta Cacio e Pepe

Smoke Rings in the Dark

I never minded that the grass made my legs itch, or that its dewdrops soaked through my summer dresses. Long and rarely cut by the blades of any man-powered machine, these blades of sweet summertime bluegrass provided a bed for us to do all of our …

Chocolate Pasta with Pancetta, Peas and Creamy Pecan Sauce

Of Chocolate Pasta and Menu Roulette

There were red and white-checkered tablecloths and dripping, wax-covered candles sitting in old Chianti bottles. The lazy, lingering music of an accordion played off in the distance. A stack of menus sat tenuously perched atop a small glass table, hand-written in a language I knew I …

Raspberry Ripple No-Churn Ice Cream

summer salts

I hit my head on the overhead luggage compartment as I took my seat on the plane. Wham! Audible gasps, groans, and “ooohhhs” arose from the rows all around me. The kind-eyed man seated next to me got up so as to let me and …