There are some things you simply can’t rush. When I shared my thoughts on sourdough, I wrote about how cooking and writing are both creative acts meant to be shared. Making homemade peach jam reminded me of another lesson. Good prose, much like good preserves, takes time to become what it’s meant to be. AContinue reading “From the Writer’s Table: Peach Jam and Prose”
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From the Writer’s Table: Sourdough and Stories
Every story starts with something simple. A blank page. A single idea. A handful of ingredients. Lately, I’ve been spending a few minutes of every day feeding my sourdough starter, which I’ve jokingly named Steve, and learning the art of baking sourdough boules. Like writing, sourdough requires patience. You can’t rush the process. You feedContinue reading “From the Writer’s Table: Sourdough and Stories”