How to Choose a Cookbook
March 24, 2016
The Internet is full of free recipes. Does that mean print cookbooks are obsolete? Learn the advantages of print cookbooks, and how to choose one that will give you years of cooking pleasure.
Make Your Own Blackberry Gin
December 31, 2015
A Welsh captain shares his recipe for making blackberry gin at home
Religion and Eating Meat
January 27, 2015
A letter to a young woman who is concerned about the Biblical view of eating meat.
Abortion with a Smiley Face
August 7, 2014
Once abortion loses gravitas and becomes the stuff of positive video-selfies and hip rom-coms, opposing it becomes more difficult.
Book Review: The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead
May 22, 2014
A review of Charles Murray's latest book.
Bread and Luxury: Passover Food for Thought
April 14, 2014
Fermented foods such as wine and yogurt are permitted at Passover. But other fermented foods such as bread and beer are off-limits. Why? This essay offers an explanation.
Coconut Cupcakes (dairy-free)
March 14, 2014
These cupcakes contain coconut oil and safflower oil (along with coconut cream). They have the texture and full-flavor of a butter cake, without actually using dairy.
You Learn to Do Without
February 26, 2014
An old woman recalls the painful lessons of her childhood and the loss of her husband.
Daughters of Zagreus
January 29, 2014
This story is my re-telling of one of the Greek Dionysus myths. It takes place in a small town in the American south, sometime in the early to mid-1900s.
Dear Facebook Friends: Who is Your Real Audience?
December 26, 2013
Your intended audience and your real audience are not necessarily composed of the same people.