by Sally | Jul 20, 2021 | At The Table, Sally Buffington |
In my childhood, blueberries were always a summer fruit. Only a summer fruit. Now I see them in the supermarket every time I go. Oh, if you were lucky, you might go picking in some rural or country location; I never found this as romantic an activity as...
by Sally | May 28, 2021 | At The Table, Sally Buffington |
I was making potato salad for my family’s Mother’s Day get-together when the thought surfaced. Was there ever a time I didn’t know how to make potato salad? . . . Surely there must have been a first time. But I don’t remember one, let alone ever consulting a recipe. I...
by Sally | Jun 10, 2019 | At The Table, Sally Buffington |
Ripe, glowing in the sun: peaches on the windowsill. Pick them up, nest the furry spheres in your palms. Now place all the peaches in a pottery bowl, in the embrace of fired earth, and from a shrilling kettle pour boiling water over, occasionally tapping the fruit...
