Shortbread

This week I made dinner for the teachers at our school.  Our menu was Italian, but I figured they’d forgive me for flying farther north for the dessert.  I served the shortbread with a brown butter pecan glaze on top.…

This Old Bed

This week as I was driving to Salt Lake City, I was listening to NPR’s Radio West.  The author being interviewed was Ellen Ruppel Shell about her book, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.  The subject really caught my…