In early August, before moving to New York, before my brother left for freshman orientation at Dartmouth, we held a special farewell family dinner for him. We had all seen …
And then, glory hallelujah, my father got a job offer in New York City, a better management position with a company called Joy Manufacturing, whose name would be the butt …
I have lost so many photos over the years. Too many moves, too little interest in preserving the past. The boxes upon boxes of family snaps, the little albums of …
adapted from shockinglydelicious.com Ingredients: 1/3 cup mashed potato (from 1 potato) 2 tablespoons half and half (or you can use milk) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Dash salt 4-6 cups confectioner’s sugar …
Ingredients Pastry for single-crust pie (9 inches), see note 2 below 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 3 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon …
The house in Allentown is another I return to often in dreams and memories. Not all of it, because I’ve forgotten the look of the main rooms, but downstairs was …
(adapted from Cook’s Illustrated and Taste of Home) Ingredients 4 bone-in pork rib chops or center-cut chops, about 7 ounces each and 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick, patted dry with paper towels. 1 …
My dad was a company man, which meant he expected to be with the same firm, Ingersoll Rand, from recruitment through retirement. That is not how it turned out, but …
Before we leave Mountain Lakes—as we must, because my father was transferred to Allentown, PA, around 1960—I offer up some random snapshots of that blissful little town. Written snapshots because …
The first meal I remember cooking for any member of my family was cornflakes with water and pepper (not even freshly ground pepper!), mixed together on the “burner” of my …
