A Chutney Fit for Thanksgiving

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. -The Song of Solomon   The last three weeks have passed quietly; in a way, things have been more calm and peaceful than ever. But beneath this calm, there has been a constant stream of change. After months of false starts,…

When Dining Gets Serious…

We think we know the ones we love. Our husbands, our wives. We know them--we are them, sometimes; when separated at a party we find ourselves voicing their opinions, their taste in food or books, telling an anecdote that never happened to us but happened to them. We watch their tics of conversation, of driving…