ITALIAN SOUL FOODRECIPE How is your garden growing? Got tomatoes? Do you have more than you can use? If so, here is a recipe for you. It’s a quick tomato sauce that can accompany pasta, ravioli, pizza, shrimp and can be a base for any bean or squash dish—really you can use it on whatever your little […]
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FETCH A CALLING STARA BEDTIME STORY Photo Courtesy of Vrankar Klemen 0:00 / 0:00 Fetch A Calling Star FETCH A CALLING STAR, a bedtime story for children, was published in an anthology called Nightlight. FETCH A CALLING STAR Late one night Under the eaves In a beach cottage with no beach breeze, I
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THE SIXTY-FIVE DOLLAR QUESTION 0:00 / 0:00 The Sixty-Five Dollar Question This essay aired on this NPR-member station and appeared in The Washington Post. THE SIXTY-FIVE DOLLAR QUESTION The last time my folks visited, our whole family swapped tales around the dining table. Our topic? Marriage proposals: who proposed to whom and how. My husband, Bruce,
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NOONA, MY ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER 0:00 / 0:00 Noona When you hear the words, Italian grandmother, what image comes to mind? A cute little old lady, wearing a crisp, white apron, hair tied back neatly in a bun? Maybe she’s smiling beatifically as she carries a plate of pasta and meatballs. She gently urges you to,
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PICKING UP A CHICKEN Photo Courtesy of Ben Moreland 0:00 / 0:00 Picking Up a Chicken Picking up a live chicken requires a certain amount of intestinal fortitude—intestinal fortitude that everyone in my family lacks. And yet that doesn’t mean some of us aren’t good with animals. My son Ian is a stellar pet sitter,
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