Oh, Thanksgiving, how I love thee… your day of cooking and turkey trotting and gathering with many friends and family with nary a hint of religious assignment or gift exchanging. I know, I know, it’s 2020 and everything is whack. Do we punt? Do we, gasp(!), zoom? Do we blindly go forth in the name of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Gratitude Journal… just kidding!
Probably like most people, I play the “what would I do if I massively won the lottery?” game. I was very inspired reading this article about former billionaire, Chuck Feeney, who planned to give away his entire fortune before he died, and did. So, after I had lunch with Melinda Gates, and she helped me figure out how to … Continue reading Mexican Week: The Whole Enchilada
I was going to report on the state of hybrid schooling, child care, my feminist rant on the plight of women being removed from the workforce due to lack of child care options, and so on. But honestly, there is just too much negativity and stress to go around right now. You know what? School … Continue reading Anticipating and Eggplant Parm
James, like lots of kids, is super savvy when he gets his paws on an iPhone. I put on lock screen passwords only for him to follow my keystrokes with his quick little eyes, and before I know it there are scads of selfies in my photo reel, and my Spotify is loaded with Queen … Continue reading Bittersweet September
Maybe you can relate, or maybe I need serious mental assistance (probably the latter), but I have been having the sense that we are living a falsehood. If you look at my Instagram (@lauranewt) you will see that we have had a pretty great summer. Boogie boarding, tomato gardening, trips to the Cape, my six … Continue reading Falsehoods and Super summer produce
Sometimes all you need is a little change of scenery. I am sure you can relate after the spring we all endured of home schooling, home working, and home, home, homing. Our family canceled our regularly scheduled Euro vacation, and packed up the VW bus old school style and headed off on a little road … Continue reading East Coasting
Passengers, we are approaching the Hot as Hades station, please gather your belongings and get to the nearest beach… I pretty much live for summer. I love not really needing footwear or long pants, and the carefree spirit of dining alfresco. But there are certainly days that feel a little oppressive, so recipes that do … Continue reading Chill out: cold soups and beach reads
I love playing the game “If I could live anywhere where would it be?” France gets batted around an awful lot, or sometimes sunny California, or bustling Barcelona, but really at the end of the day my heart resides in Brooklyn. I lived there for almost two decades and fell in love with the old … Continue reading Nostalgia, Italian deli style
This has been a hard few weeks. Necessary hard, but also heartbreaking hard. It has felt prudent to let Black voices take the stage. To really listen to the yearning for reform and change, and to be part of that change. These are big feelings; big and important realities. I only recently started this newsletter as a point of … Continue reading Southern cooking and Black cookbook authors
Last week we had an escapist trip to Roma. My imagination has no limits, especially when it comes to European visits, so buckle up, we are headed to France. I’m not talking about Covid, or the fact that my child is coming unglued without school, or all of our collective worries. Let’s drown our sorrows … Continue reading Galettes and Bicyclettes
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