The art of living | Beth Byrnes

Cherchez la faim

Posted on February 25, 2014 37 Comments

There is so little time to do anything frivolous these days. One thing I miss is listening to NPR. When I visit my relatives in North Carolina, I stay with Annabelle’s parents, two college professors to whom I am related on my mother’s side. They have two big-screen TVs but those are disconnected most of […]

Creating harmony amid cacophony

Posted on February 1, 2014 7 Comments

I hope you won’t mind if I re-post an e-mail I received from Ralph Nader. This is what courage really looks like. Not capitulation and compromise of one’s core principles just to keep the peace, but true understanding of and compassion for human beings and our planet. Pete Seeger acted and in so doing, he […]

Dis-Sparity

Posted on November 27, 2013 8 Comments

This is going to be a brief post, just to make sure I don’t fall off the wagon during this busy part of the year. For one thing, I have been involved in completing a massive and very time consuming as well as complicated project that I hope to be done with tomorrow. For another, […]

Festive autumn fruits galette

Posted on November 24, 2013 9 Comments

When I have to bring something home-made to a party, rather than have to worry about retrieving my cookware, or marking it on the bottom with my name and phone number, as I used to do, I find a way to make everything I bake (or cook) one-way. No matter how pretty the container, I […]

Penny wise, pound fool

Posted on November 10, 2013 12 Comments

As you know, I like recipes that can be kept in my head. That is one of the things I learned when I worked in a bakery many years ago. The best way to keep a formula (recipe) handy is to know it in percentages and just memorize them. It also helps if that formula […]