Monthly Archives: December 2014

Drink your Medusa, or be turned to stone.

When I was a kid I was a complete library geek, way before “geek” came into my lexicon. I remember sitting in the various Air Force base libraries, one in Tachikawa, Japan, the other at Westover Air Force Base, and spending entire Saturday afternoons reading.I got into a phase, probably age 11, when I read […]

Irish apple cake: make it year ‘round and enjoy

I’ve been waxing poetic, or perhaps obnoxious, about apples all Fall, after I heard Rowan Jacobsen talk about heirloom varieties that are long gone, or endangered. His latest book is Apples of Uncommon Character: 123 Heirlooms, Modern Classics & Little-Known Wonders, which outlines in great detail the origins of apple growing in this country, and […]