Monthly Archives: January 2011

Reynolds Price, 1933 – 2011:
An Appreciation and Advice To Writers

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Reynolds Price, 1989/Photo by Curt Richter

Reynolds Price was a protean man of letters: novels, plays, memoirs, essays, criticism, poetry. Just as important, he was a teacher for more than forty years.  And he was the one who gave me, when I was 20, the tools I would need to make my way as a writer.  He died on Thursday after a long and rich life. (NYTimes obit.) Last weekend I attended the Key West Literary Seminar, this year devoted to food. Before leaving I phoned Reynolds because I hadn't spoken to him in two years and a recent letter and emails had gone unanswered (which was not like him—he was an ebullient correspondent). Reynolds answered on the first ring—"Maddog, old pal," he said; he was indeed ill yet remained his jovial self, ...

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Challah!

Challah Bread Recipe

Challah/Photo by Leo Gong © 2009

When I asked my friend and primary recipe tester, Marlene Newell, who runs the site cookskorner.com, to contribute a post during bread month, a challah recipe was the first bread that came to mind, and I'm delighted it did, because I love the soft, egg-rich crumb and flavor, probably my favorite of the non-lean doughs. This is Marlene's favorite recipe and it comes from one of the foremost bread teachers and writers about bread in the country, Peter Reinhart. If you don't know about him, you should!  See Peter's blog, as well as his other site and soon to be show, Pizza Quest. "This is my best challah to date," Peter wrote to us in an email, "and I don't think ...

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Spanish Food Art Exhibit

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Germany’s Egg Recall

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Garden Planning

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