Category : Main Course

Last fall, I spent a few quiet weeks helping my niece settle into her first apartment just outside Minneapolis. She’d landed her first teaching job—third...

Back in the summer of ‘84, I volunteered at a small community center on the edge of the Navajo Nation in Arizona. I had gone...

I’d spent the morning helping at the local women’s shelter, teaching a mini lesson on kitchen basics. Afterwards, a volunteer whispered that she’d love to...

The last snow day we had here, the kind where the world outside feels like it’s been wrapped in a quiet, white blanket, I decided...

Saturday lunch at our house used to be a bit of a challenge. Everyone wanted something different – one grandchild asking for grilled cheese, another...

The smell of smoked bacon and sweet onions wafted down the hallway of the community center a few days ago. I’d signed up for a...