January 2011 – Joe Cassada

Mundane Grace

The dishes that really delight our taste buds are often hiding a secret ingredient that gives that particular culinary delight the extra edge it needs to go from “good food” to “this is what I want to eat before I die.” Perhaps it’s a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg laced unsuspectingly into a casserole, orContinue reading “Mundane Grace”

New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions. Passé? Silly? Self-centered? Shallow? A futile excursion into self-reliant moralism? Maybe. They certainly have become everyone’s favorite holiday punching bag. Rarely is a kind word said about them. But I like New Year’s. I like do-overs. I like second, third, and thirty-seventh chances. I like trying to be better than I was.Continue reading “New Year’s Resolutions”