Cannelazy UPDATED

In the spirit of pro-kitchen-gadgetry, I might mention the great success that was finally making cannelés, months after my mother got me a s...

"Pluck your own chickens."

Via Nick Troester , I see that Megan McArdle and I are on the same page when it comes to kitchen gadgets. I also now see that McArdle ca...

"A little misogynist"

"Girl" or "girls" appears five times in this groundbreaking Styles  piece about socialites who are also beauty-industry...

Second attempts

-Sometimes I write a whopper of a post, and it will then occur to me a few days later that what I'd meant to convey could have been done...

On looking as stylish as possible while writing a dissertation in the woods with a poodle and some scientists

Need a change of hairstyle, and considering a return to one of the old standbies: bangs or ombré. Bangs have the advantages of, I could stil...

In defense of mannequins

As I've mentioned on this blog before, it's eerie, if you stop and think about it, that in this day and age, there's a professio...

Forage for your porridge

I can't seem to get that "food" issue of the New Yorker our of my head. Growing one's own tomatoes on Cape Cod. Shucking ...