escarole – Orangette https://orangette.net Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:02:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 On short notice https://orangette.net/2015/10/on-short-notice/ https://orangette.net/2015/10/on-short-notice/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:38:00 +0000 It’s hard to start a post when I’m bored with the photograph(s) I have for it. The alternate title for this post is “A Life Fraught with Difficulty, by Molly Wizenberg.” But I am never bored with beans. I don’t remember how I first learned of Molly Stevens and her classic All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking, but if you’ve been around here for any length of time, you will know that it is a longtime favorite. I bought it shortly after it came out, sometime in 2004. I was in graduate school then, planning to become Michel Foucault, albeit with more hair, fewer turtlenecks, and a vastly inferior command of the French language. Like anyone who has tried to read…

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]]> https://orangette.net/2015/10/on-short-notice/feed/ 27 The usual https://orangette.net/2013/02/the-usual/ https://orangette.net/2013/02/the-usual/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:04:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/the-usual In the time since we last spoke, I’ve revised the manuscript for my next book! I’ve traveled alone with my five-month-old baby to a family wedding on the other side of the country! I’ve felt like an Olympic gold medalist for having survived traveling alone with my five-month-old baby to a family wedding on the other side of the country! I’ve consumed biscuits and dark chocolate milkshakes and fingers and cheeks, listened to Fugazi and almost remembered what it felt like to be 15 and have a crush on Guy Picciotto, tried two recipes for healthy cookies, decided that I’m not into healthy cookies, made my daughter wear a pair of sunglasses that were intended for a doll, and rekindled my love for farro. The usual. I…

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