Kristin Schell
A coyote was roaming our street. Most of the neighborhood was aware of the coyote’s whereabouts from postings on a private Facebook page, but one couple isn’t on social media. The timing wasn’t convenient or ideal, but warning my neighbors to be cautious and then listening to their struggles trumped everything else. So I spent the morning at my elderly…
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Jane decided that she wanted to join The Turquoise Table movement because she loved the idea of offering an approachable meeting place for neighbors to come and introduce themselves. She was also inspired at the prospect of providing a no-fuss, informal place to host friends for casual conversation. Since putting her table out front in April, it has been definitely…
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Polenta: Italy’s Cornbread Who knew cornmeal could make such a tasty dish? As a native Texan, I grew up eating cornbread, so I know cornmeal has outstanding merits. But until tonight I had never attempted to make my own polenta. Although time consuming and a bid monotonous (after the roux anything seems like a breeze), once I turned the polenta…
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