March 2015

Parent Chats, Part 2

March 30, 2015 · 1 comment

Recently I sat down to chat with my friends Alison Donnelly and Ereka Vetrini.  We’re all parents of young children, and we enjoyed sharing our thoughts about a few parenting issues. Our first topics were the basics: food, sleep, and talking to your kids about sex.  And then the conversation turned to discipline, what to […]

Porchetta-Inspired Pork Roast

March 9, 2015 · 2 comments

Last week I was hungry for an old-fashioned roast –something for a cozy, casual family dinner with plenty for leftovers.  A large beef roast, though, is something of a high-stakes undertaking.  To start, it’s a big ticket.  And you need to watch your investment pretty closely as it cooks –get the internal temperature too low, […]

The Bobbie Burns

March 3, 2015 · 1 comment

The “wintry mix” of snow and rain is falling hard outside my window, so it’s time for another kind of wintry mix –a Scotch-based cocktail called the Bobbie Burns.  Scotch whiskey has a following of purists who prefer to drink it “neat,” or maybe with a single cube of ice or a splash of water. […]