In just thirty minutes, you can make a pasta sauce that will change your life. Sausage and leeks and tomato. Salt and pepper. And if you’re a spicy person, red pepper flakes to hot the sauce up a bit, or a lot. A word about sausage.More
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Bean Me–tuna loves the vulgar staple
“Danny’s not having pasta,” my daughter says. We’re setting the table for lunch at her house. I’ve brought a pot of ragu and tagliatelle, which we’ll eat with a generous dusting of freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano. If I were on death row, this would be my last supper request. Her husband, I gather, is in a…More
Half, a review
Sharon Harrigan’s Half (University of Illinois Press) is the story of twins, Artis and Paula, born into a blue collar family in Michigan. They are raised by a domineering father whose nickname is Moose (he tells the girls that living in Alaska he rode moose, “steering with the antlers”) and a submissive mother who runs…More
A Suite, a Swim, a Fish
An excerpt from Get Thee to a Bakery, coming next year.More