Spring is in the air, flowers are blooming, and birthday season is just beginning for our family. This week we celebrated Patrick’s birthday. A nice dinner at Marinitas, the local restaurant which we’ve decided sells the best margaritas in town, was the perfect place to celebrate mid-week. The celebrations continue for the other March babies this weekend, which should […]
White Borscht I made soup this week, and it was just what I needed — a hug in liquid form. I had never made borscht before; I thought it was a Polish dish, Russian perhaps; I didn’t know it was Ukrainian. The recipe was in Sam Sifton’s NYT Cooking newsletter last Wednesday. The second I […]






