Month: November 2014

In the preface to his book of essays, “Mouth Wide Open”, food writer John Thorne writes that our widespread adoption of cooking-as-entertainment is bringing about the death of cooking itself. I just happened to read this as I was putting together our Thanksgiving menu and realized that much like the “Keep Christ in Christmas” message,…

The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and The Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long