by SAM Steiner | May 6, 2022 | Culture Comments
For democracy to survive we need all voices to be heard, not just our own. The US Supreme Court leaks (there are three unprecedented leaks from SCOTUS) have garnered an explosion of concern on all sides of the issue of abortion. My news diet has been fairly slanted...
by SAM Steiner | Apr 21, 2022 | From the Kitchen
My relationship with Spanish jamon (ham) started with a Wall Street Journal article on July 20, 2004, the day of my husband’s red-eye puddle jump from his genetics conference in Seville. I took a coffee break with the WSJ after dropping the kids off at school. “Aged...
by SAM Steiner | Apr 1, 2022 | Notes from the Land
During our 17 years as urbanites, …very little brain power went to the topic of wood. We made a single attempt to use a fireplace for our first Christmas in Portland, Oregon. Our 16-month-old twins were giddy about a tree inside the house with sparkly lights and...
by SAM Steiner | Mar 3, 2022 | From the Kitchen
I love everything about this generous, delicious plant! Burying the cloves in October after the first frost. Being greeted in April by the tender Spring-green shoots in my barren vegetable patch. Harvesting glorious curly garlic scapes in June. Drying the pods in...
by SAM Steiner | Feb 17, 2022 | Cherish the Parents
Traveling east to care for my aging mom, I smile when I see the bright eyes of a little 9-month-old over the shoulder of her dad. Watching her look about the plane with calm intent, I imagine what is happening inside that nearly bald, adorable head. She is fervently...
