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    Eating the World, Rise and Shine, and Farm Fresh to My House

    I somehow feel an affinity for a living thing that wants to eat everything in sight. No idea why.

    There is a monster eating the eucalyptus trees that line the creek in my neighborhood. Its name is Morning Glory, which is polite-speak for an imported pestilence that threatens to devour half the state of California. [...]

    The Unbearable Carbness of Breading

    Lydia is visiting her family’s hardscrabble no tech farm in Pennsylvania (detoxing from the luxurious cheeses of France, no doubt) so will not be back with us for a few more weeks. I am therefore posting a little early. LA LA!

    Hello, WW! According to my icons, I like cats and books and…boat building? being [...]

    Lights, Camera, Emeril Impressions!

    HI! My book comes out on June 8th. It is already in about half the stores. I head out on book tour this week (so please come out and see me if I am coming to a place near you), and I am freaking right the freaky Friday out. I completely gave up learning [...]

    Shameless Butter Hussy

    Real is better. It just IS.

    I have learned through the assiduous practice of being alive and eating things—and I eat things nearly every day!— that I would, in many cases, rather skip eating something altogether rather than waste ANY calories on a fake substitute diet style object. For example, butter. 90% of the time [...]