For some reason unbeknownst to me, I’d been having the Jones to make Beef Wellington. I’m not even sure I’ve ever had the real thing, but I was intrigued, inspired, and motivated. So, I did my research, purchased a lattice roller, secured the key ingredients, wrote my own recipe, and…
Thirty-three years ago, perhaps around Thanksgiving, I made my first pear pie. At the time, I was working for a very small company in a very small office, mostly with a small handful of female colleagues. The pie was a big hit…so much so that, sometime later, one of my…