Summer has come, but I’m stubbornly insistent that it has not yet gone. Nature, I think, seems to be in agreement as it punishes us with heat and humidity this week, almost in direct response to our premature suggestions of pumpkin spice lattes and flannels.
Read MoreIt's ramp time again, for me, a joyful, optimistic time. It is the first vegetable out of the ground in the spring, and it protends planting and tending and harvesting in the fall. Even though I've sold my canning equipment and don't have any dirt around to plant, it's still makes me happy.
Read MoreSo why do we call it Easter? And what’s this about the paschal mystery or the paschal lamb. Why not the Easter lamb? Here is the link between those two words.
Read MoreDeep-fried balls of dough, filled with jam and topped with sugar which they gobble down at special holiday times of the year. They are called, among other names: Pączki, Awwami Sufganiya, Pampushky, Pishki, Pirashki, Farsang Fánk and Gefullte Krapfen. My favorite, of course, is Gefullte Krapfen (the great, great, great grandmother of Pączki).
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