Music and Cats

When I set The Political Palate on my coffee table, it opened of its own accord to a particular recipe, the first that I ever prepared from the book, and my favorite to date. It is, in fact, my favorite version of a favorite dish: split pea (and carrot) soup. This soup is thick with melting split peas and the traditional mire-poix mix of onion, celery and carrot. But this is mire-poix with a twist; carrots play the top notes, while onion and celery back them up. The soup is flavored with red wine, and finished with a splash of ruby port.

Poetry
I, too, dislike it.
Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in
it, after all, a place for the genuine.
– Marianne Moore
I like this poem; it made me smile. Read Moore’s earlier, longer version of the poem here. April is National Poetry Month.

So, you heard NPR’s piece on Katrina Cottages, or read one of the many still too few articles about them, and you’re searching the Internets, looking for more information on these small houses, and the federal law that prevents FEMA from funding them? You are not alone. Recently, many of the search strings bringing people […]