Ash Wednesday, for those not in the pew which observes Ash Wednesday, is the first day of Lent, and a day of fast and abstinence. Although that can mean a dreary day of self-denial spent dreaming of excess, it can also be a strongly rewarding…

I was supposed to do this yesterday, but I had a guest, so I’m doing it today. It’s MY blog, right, and I can update it on the second instead of the first if I want to, yeah? Yeah. So it’s update day, and I’ve…

All right, calm down. You know me–all flash and no dash. Besides, this is food day on the blog, so this is about, like, recipes and stuff. White sauce, known to the haute cuisine crowd as béchamel and to the home cookin’ crowd as milk…