Posted on May 31st, 2009 under Issue no. 5. Comments: None

Extra! Extra!–My best friend, Rebeca, and I have a few traditions in our lives. Most involve eating, drinking and being silly. Each May, during Piccolo Spoleto, we call an official girls’ day and roam around downtown Charleston. We hit the streets and art stalls, lusting over shoes at Bob Ellis, woodcuts by Kent Ambler (I [...]

Posted on May 28th, 2009 under Extra! Extra!, Issue no. 5, Out on the Town. Comments: 4

HOME– An alfresco evening of grilled food, cold drinks and good conversation is such a transcendent way to relax. Strings of white lights twinkle like low slung stars in the trees. Water spills over the fountain like a bubbling meditation and the intoxicating smell of wood-fired charcoal envelopes us in a lazy haze. With the [...]

Posted on May 9th, 2009 under Issue no. 5, Savory. Comments: 5

HOME– When my friend, Chef Ahn Toan Ho visits from Charleston, he’s been known to leave exotic food treats or unusual utensils behind as a gift for me. This is likely because I’m the biggest and most unabashedly loyal fan of his Asian fusion cooking. His last visit left me with a simple “Kiwi Brand” [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2009 under Issue no. 5, Savory. Comments: 9

HOME– Why is vegetable soup not vegetarian? Is it only in the South that we add a large ham bone and bites of ham? I’ve always found it perplexing. Perplexing like Unsalted Saltines, which I also shouldn’t question since I add them to my bowl by the crumbled handfuls. Easter is over and my fresh [...]

Posted on April 15th, 2009 under Issue no. 5, Savory. Comments: 8

HOME– I had a bumble bee in my kitchen yesterday. Rich helped me catch it in a jar and we set it free. Today, my kitchen is still buzzing with the frenzy that comes before a holiday gathering. Although Easter dinner seems so much easier to make than most of our holiday meals. Easter recipes [...]

Posted on April 11th, 2009 under Issue no. 5, Sweet. Comments: 11

Extra! Extra!– I love a monochromatic array of Easter eggs nested in a bowl. There’s a simplicity that pleases and eases the eye. This morning, I focused on my favorite color – spring green in all its fresh shades. With all of their salt splotches and blemishes, they still make a lovely batch. Tomorrow, I’ll [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2009 under Extra! Extra!, Issue no. 5. Comments: 10

HOME– It’s Saturday evening. Time to relax. Unwind. Zone-out, like a dreaming eighty-year old couple, sitting beside each other on a park bench. We’re tired from the sun and a day of digging in the dirt. It’s time to grill hamburgers, open a bottle of wine and steep in the pleasures of a day’s work. [...]

Posted on April 4th, 2009 under Issue no. 5, Savory. Comments: 2

HOME– I know. I’ve been away. Forgive me and thank you for noticing. It’s just that I’ve been crazy busy with new work projects and well, a little something else that is a surprise for now. Shhhh! I can’t say, yet. We’ll get back to that next week. Back to the present. Mainly, I’ve been [...]

Posted on April 3rd, 2009 under Issue no. 5, Sweet. Comments: 2

HOME– Early Friday afternoon, I had the pleasure of escorting a young princess over to our house for a royal sleepover. Within a few hours our weekend exploded into a festival of bubble wands, ballerinas, glitter and giggles. We went to the park, played in the yard, watched silly cartoons and ran up and down [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 under Issue no. 5. Comments: 4