The dish is simple: raw egg yolks and equal parts sugar beat vigorously by hand or with an electric mixer, until the mixture is light and frothy.
Ode to a Sugar Cloud by Maria Ivkovic Manuccia
Category: October 2015
Losing Weight by Melanie Brooks
At the end of each visit, I leave something behind. A scrap of memory. A knot of sadness. A shard of fear.
The Lord Won’t Mind by Gregg J. Orifici
Amidst the titles we didn’t understand—about menopause, bi-polarity, What Color is Your Parachute—one book stood out, like a billboard: The Joy of Sex.
Review: Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett
Barnett fills her narrative with such rarely seen, rarely mentioned observations. Over and over, she focuses on the uncommon details of natural phenomena and historical events most of us never think twice about…
Review: The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr
In The Art of Memoir Karr combines practical advice with intangible wisdom, which fuses together beautifully to create a useful guide that also inspires.
Review: Transmogrified by Travel — Cannot Stay: Essays on Travel by Kevin Oderman
Once you walk into the airport “you’ve already begun to be someone else,” writes Kevin Oderman in his collection of deeply felt meditations on the art of travel
Review: Requiem for the Living by Jeff Metcalf
After nine years of battling with prostate cancer, Jeff Metcalf’s doctors told him that the drugs keeping his cancer at bay were no longer working.
CRAFT: I Can’t Teach You How to be Funny, But… By Christoph Paul
To look foolish, to be vulnerable, and upset others—that takes courage. If you are writing scared, you’re writing half-assed.
