Author Archives: judith

SOUR MILK BISCUITS: ON THE FRONTIER WITH DAD

Posted on June 13, 2013 by judith

My parents belonged to a generation that was on the move. Along with so many others in the 1920s and 1930s, they’d left midwestern prairie homes and migrated to California, where they grew used to unsettled territories and familial disconnections. … Continue reading →

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TASTING HOME KINDLE GIVEAWAY DAYS JUNE 6-8.

Posted on May 31, 2013 by judith

Get the kindle edition of the award winning food memoir TASTING HOME absolutely free on June 6-8, Thursday to Saturday!  Sweet as rhubarb pie!  Visit http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BPFHFKC on June 6-8/ If Julia Child had cooked Italian for a gay husband, used … Continue reading →

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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MEMOIR

Posted on May 24, 2013 by judith

WOMEN WRITING THEIR LIVES: AUTHORS IN CONVERSATION June 5, Books Inc., 1760 Fourth Street Berkeley, CA, 7:00 pm. (510-525-7777) Join two award-winning memoir writers as they read from and discuss their new books and talk about their personal writing journeys. … Continue reading →

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MOTHER’S DAY IN LONDON

Posted on May 11, 2013 by judith

I was to meet my daughter, Hannah, in London where she was taking  dreamy courses like “The British Museum,”  “Shakespeare,” and “Contemporary Drama” at U. C. Berkeley’s campus abroad. We were to find each other outside the Tube stop at … Continue reading →

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WOMEN WRITING THEIR LIVES: A CONVERSATION WITH TWO WRITERS OF MEMOIR

Posted on May 10, 2013 by judith

DAVIS, Calif.—On May 17, 7:30 pm, at the Avid Reader, 617 2nd St, Davis, CA 95616, award-winning memoir writers Linda Joy Myers and Judith Newton will read from and discuss their recently published memoirs, Don’t Call Me Mother and Tasting … Continue reading →

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EATING NORWEGIAN

Posted on April 9, 2013 by judith

My husband Bill and I sit in To Kokker (Two Cooks), a wood-beamed, wood-paneled restaurant in Bergen Norway. The paneling and beams of the restaurant have been painted rose and the table cloths are a pale pink with napkins folded … Continue reading →

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FIVE FAVORITE BOOKS

Posted on March 30, 2013 by judith

Fabulous blogger Edith ONuallain, having written about her own favorite five books, tagged me to write about mine. Please visit Edith here and see the end of this blog for other participants whose choices you will want to peruse. So … Continue reading →

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MOOSEWOOD

Posted on March 14, 2013 by judith

 In the summer of 1985 I was living with three men—-my first husband, Dick, who now had a boyfriend named Ed; my second husband, Max, a labor lawyer whom I married (with many misgivings) the summer before; and Nigel, a … Continue reading →

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MASTERING THE ART

Posted on March 4, 2013 by judith

Berkeley, September 1964:  I placed my hands in a bowl of butter and flour with the intention of rubbing them together until they resembled flakes of oatmeal. Mother had never used anything but a fork to mix her dough, but … Continue reading →

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OUR VEGETABLE LOVE

Posted on February 18, 2013 by judith

Condensed from Tasting Home:  Coming of Age in the Kitchen Had we but world enough and time / This coyness, lady, were no crime/. . . My vegetable love should grow /Vaster than empires, and more slow.  – Andrew Marvell, … Continue reading →

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