When I have a bag of pre-mixed cobbler topping ready to go, I am always a half hour away from the best summer dessert [1]. (Also nice if you’re traveling somewhere and don’t want to buy or schlep all your baking supplies.)
Is it November 4 yet? Just pre-ordered what is sure to be the cookbook of fall 2014 [2].
Super-cool trick for cutting small tomatoes. [3]
The Lost Art of Conversation [4]. The link is old, but the topic will never be.
Beastie-fans-turned-parents will freaking love this [5].
Hooray! Bon Appetit‘s Best New Restaurant [6] nominees are out.
I’ve always been impressed by Times reporter C.J. Chivers, but I think I’m more impressed with his 12-year-old, striped-bass-filleting son [7].
Speaking of kids in the kitchen: I had a quart of buttermilk in danger of going bad, so yesterday I handed my girls two recipes: Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins [8] (winner; bookmark it!) and Buttermilk Ranch [9] salad dressing. (We’ll get to striped bass ceviche some day.)
This might be one of Roz Chast’s all-time greatest cartoons [10]. Maybe because it describes the exact the way I get things done.
Still a few weeks of summer left to squeeze in a seafood boil [11].
Why sales of packaged, processed foods are declining [12].
In my fantasy of fantasies, my walk-in pantry will one day look like this [13]. (But first: a house with a walk-in pantry!)
Book Update. Look what landed on my doorstep this week! Publication is two weeks away, but I have a few readings/events lined up that I wanted you to know about: September 9: Spoken Interludes [14] (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY); September 13 Powerhouse on 8th [15] (Brooklyn); September 21 “A Barn Raising Brunch [16]” (Great Barrington, MA); October date TBD: Mom2Mom [17] (Chicago). Hope to see you on the road!
You can pre-order Dinner: The Playbook from all the usual suspects: Amazon [18], Barnes & Noble [19], & Indiebound [20].
Have a great weekend.