THE GIFT FOR THRIFT: An Introduction

My first memory, age 4, is of where I was when JFK was shot: in a thrift store (the still-extant Hamper Shop of Lankenau Hospital, to be precise). It was the perfect place for my budget-conscious mom to find clothes for her three girls, including fancy dresses and...

THINK GLOBALLY, EAT LOCALLY: An Introduction

As you’ll see on this blog, a recurring theme in my writing is food, glorious food. Certainly my latest book, Pig Candy, enlists food in its storytelling, but food as metaphor and subject also comes up in an essay about love; in a profile of chef Marcus...