Evenings With Peter

Apart from Hercule Poirot ’ s Christmas , The Sittaford Mystery is perhaps Agatha Christie ’ s most wintry detective novel, where a wicked ...

                         Back in 1941, M.F.K. Fisher wrote vibrantly, wickedly, about love, death (and stew) amongst the molluscs in her sem...

Get a little Tipsy this Thanksgiving! Sweet Potato Tipsy, that is, courtesy of Clementine Paddleford. Although she was once considered the p...

Sometimes I feel lentils are the lost legumes because short of being stuffed in a veggie burger or hiding out in a hearty stew, lentils are ...

Bonjour ! I love chicken livers, preferably with onions, and I love that it is such a simple and satisfying dish to make. For this adventure...

Anyone I’ve ever talked to about Dark Shadows (and the occasions have been many; the conversations long) has invariably told me how they us...

  Rereading a book is often a chance to revisit a time in your life when you first turned the pages; perhaps a reminder of where you were in...