February 2012
26 posts
Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments for Writing →
COMMANDMENTS
1. Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.” 3. Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand. 4. Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time! 5. When you can’t create you can work. 6. Cement a little every day, rather than add new...
10 Braised Recipes For Weekend Cooking →
Wine Etiquette FAQs: The Wine Tasting Edition →
Zabaglione love →
Writer Wednesday: Should You Write A Sequel? →
Politician Secrets: 11 Things Politicians Don't... →
Bacon-Cheddar Pinwheels Recipe →
White Cheese Dip – The Queso Blanco Recipe You... →
A more natural chile con queso →
“Susan Komen would not give in to bullies or fear. Too bad the foundation bearing...”
– Writer Judy Blume • Discussing the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood, because the organization was under investigation by a governmental organization — a decision met with much frustration and derision from Komen critics, who saw it as a transparent...
5 Household Uses for Vinegar →
And more suggestions from Reader’s Digest
January 2012
27 posts
The Goodthing Project →
The concept was simply to proclaim the everyday joys in life. The project was originally presented as an interactive poster comprised of 100 small cards—each a single goodthing. Viewers were encouraged to”take a goodthing and leave a goodthing” on the space provided behind the card. The poster began as a colorful array of life’s niceties, and what was left were the responses of...
The Unabridged Guide To The Mitt-isms →
The Bo Ssam Miracle
This weekend’s dinner is a slow-roasted shoulder of pig, a meal that can be picked apart by a table of friends armed only with chopsticks and lettuce. A tight and salty caramel crust sits on top of the moist, fragrant collapse of meat, and juices run thick to pool beneath it, a kind of syrup, delicious in its intensity. It is pork as pommes soufflé. The dish is known in Korea as bo ssam — pork...
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think...”
– Haruki Murakami
How to Order a Proper Drink in Any Bar, Anywhere →
“What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful... →
Wine Etiquette FAQs: The Restaurant Edition →
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