I love irony. I grew up in a small suburb in New Jersey where there wasn’t very much history or culture. When you wanted history or culture you took a train for an hour in either direction and visited New York City or Philadelphia. However, there was a former dairy farm in our town that had a little bit of notoriety: in its heyday, it was the home of the Borden icon, Elsie the Cow.…
There are a few things in life that I consider highly unpleasant. Problems that I know, deep inside, are first world problems but that I will complain about nonetheless. I dislike visiting the Apple store for computer repairs. I dislike being late, even though I’m never on time for anything in my life. I dislike traffic, long lines and having to walk up and down five flights of stairs to do my laundry (or wait two extra minutes for the…
Better Homemade: Roasted Vegetable Lasagna Recipe
Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Weekend Cooking January 28, 2010
My first night in my new apartment in Chicago was, as you might expect, a little bit strange. I had lived in my previous apartment just outside of New York City for two years and even though it never felt quite like home, I took comfort in my faded, plaid sofas and the hum of my upstairs neighbor’s washing machine over my bathroom. I moved to Chicago the day after Thanksgiving, which followed a week full of packing, wrapping up…
