Recipe Log

Summer has clung on with tenacity in New England this year. It was warm enough this weekend to have dinner outside without even a sweater. Though it’s certainly (and reassuringly) getting cooler....

I’ve managed to avoid catching another bug, Covid or otherwise, over the last few weeks. It’s been nice to get back to normal in that sense. Though in another sense, I feel like I haven’t profited enough of the summer....

The last month has been a blend of anxiety and relief. The world continues opening, cautiously. But neither has the pandemic really ended, even in the protective Massachusetts bubble. Indeed, my food adventures have been somewhat curtailed by a not-the-coronavirus respiratory infection....

For the first time since March 2020 I was able to travel. Neither I nor the world was ready for an international trip, so I was in the Pacific Northwest....

For the moment, I’m still slowly but surely building this out. You can find my more regular updates on my newsletter, Pandemic Menus, where I’ll continue doing weekly menu ideas for the next few weeks....