To do justice to food as the most wide-ranging and personal of subjects, I needed additional voices to chime in. I asked dungeekin so he would make me one of the fabulous roasts he discusses below. My plan is working ’cause I’ve been eating awfully well as a result.  — Deb. * * * * [...]

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Earlier this morning, I was in denial about it still being winter (a quick aside to a certain groundhog, “you and I are heading for a reckoning, mister!”) when I realized that I could – by focusing on food – reinforce my seasonal delusion. So, in a continuing effort of ignore the wind and cold [...]

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I adore onions. Always have. In any form, in any context. Onions have made me cry with pleasure at the eating, but never with discomfort at the slicing thereof. You may note from my bio that onions were amongst the few foods that I- an especially finicky eater as a child- would tolerate in my [...]

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“And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath” – Bottom’s advice to the actors in Midsummer Night’s Dream Well, thank goodness I don’t have to worry about that advice. Onions are at the heart of so many of my favorite meals. At the base of stews, sliced [...]

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I’m a banana fan and I am an ice cream fan — though Mom’s recent obsession with sorbet (on which more later) has me thinking lighter these days about cool, creamy desserts. But I digress. Bananas. When I saw this post on The Kitchn (no that isn’t a typo) that bananas were the one ingredient [...]

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