“ More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling i… Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Dear Mr. Beard,On the radio last spring, President Roosevelt said that each and every one of us here on the home front has a battle to fight; We must keep our spirits up. I am doing my best, but in my… Ruth Reichl
“ Do you make pizza dough?Yes.This is the same thing. Very easy. When the yeast was foamy, she added flour, olive oil, and salt and handed me a large wooden spoon. Now you stir it hard until it comes to… Nancy Verde Barr
“ Now alongside Scovell, John eased preserved peaches out of galliot pots of syrup and picked husked walnuts from puncheons of salt. He clarified butter and poured it into rye-paste coffins. From the Ma… Lawrence Norfolk
“ Is there anything I can do?He gave her a tired grin. Crawl in bed with me.She glared at him, then got up and tossed him a terry-cloth robe she found hanging on the back of the bathroom door. Meet me i… Susan Wiggs
“ Once he left the Haywood out for her with a page number on a scrap of paper, and she opened the book to recipes for Distillation. Jess laughed at the page George had found for her. There, between inst… Allegra Goodman
“ I bit into the chocolate chip. Slowed myself down.By then, almost a week in, I could sort through the assault of layers a little more quickly. The chocolate chips were from a factory, so they had that… Aimee Bender
“ Sandra turned to the page with the title Toklas' Hashich Fudge.The original hashish brownies. 'Peppercorns, nutmeg, cinnamon, coriander, stone dates, dried figs, shelled almonds, peanuts,... A bunch o… Allegra Goodman
“ Time for lunch. Take me somewhere good. Somewhere Italian.She chose Vine, one of the cafes on the main plaza, and ordered a burrata and squash blossom pizza. The fluffy soft cheese, drizzled with frui… Susan Wiggs
“ But every once in a great while, the pull of her heritage would hit her, and Grand-mere would cook something real. I could never figure out what it was that triggered her, but I would come home from s… Stacey Ballis
