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  • Roasted Cauliflower with Pancetta, Olives and Crisp Parmesan over Fettucine

    Roasted Cauliflower with Pancetta, Olives and Crisp Parmesan over Fettucine

    This might be the best pasta recipe I have ever made. It’s based on one from Melissa Clark. I made a few changes which I note below. Melissa writes: “Studded with salty olives, pancetta and Parmesan that gets golden and crisp at the edges, this is roasted cauliflower at its brightest and most full-flavored. You…

  • Nearly November

    Nearly November

    Drift roses still blooming. Snow in forecast. Trick or Treat?

  • A Favorite Poem; “Kicking the Leaves”

    A Favorite Poem; “Kicking the Leaves”

    This is a favorite poem. “Kicking the Leaves” by Donald Hall.   Kicking the leaves, October, as we walk home together from the game, in Ann Arbor, on a day the color of soot, rain in the air; I kick at the leaves of maples, reds of seventy different shades, yellow like old paper; and poplar…

  • Autumn Painting

    Autumn Painting

    Follow me. There is a path up ahead. I can see it. I have been here before. Follow me across the stone bridge. It is beautiful. Follow me. I have to finish painting. And then I came home to paint.