By guest food blogger Mette Bech I love Marusya Bociurkiw’s food blog because it captures exactly what I love about eating: being with friends and having great conversations while indulging the taste buds. When I saw she wanted someone to write a guest blog, I couldn’t resist. Thanks for reading. Elaine and I met…

I’ve been marking for days, weeks, even. Hell, I’ve been marking for years. My dining room table is covered with snowdrifts of midterm essays circled by coffee rings. At this time of year the task of marking hangs over everything, clouding my vision, sometimes even making me disconsolate. It leaks into all the rooms…

How I love a good theme party! The Oscars and our chosen theme film, The Artist, provided an excuse for elegant black and white attire and black and white food, on the last Sunday in February. I made white bean dip with blue corn nachos, pumpernickel rounds with goat cheese, tapenade with baguette, and…