When I call Gillian Clark, she’s at Colorado Kitchen in Washington D.C., just as her staff is getting ready to open. There’s a lot of bustling, and Gillian pauses on the phone to let an early customer know they’re not open yet.
I’ve just finished Gillian’s book, Out of the Frying Pan: A chef’s memoir [...]
The ring tone on my cell phone is now set to Kanye West’s song, Stronger.
That don’t kill me
Can only make me stronger
I need you to hurry up now
Cause I can’t wait much longer
I know I got to be right now
Every time my phone rings, it reminds me to lean on myself — not on a [...]
If you have not read this week’s essay for Leslie Morgan Steiner’s “On Balance” guest blog at WashingtonPost.com, it’s time.
I’ve always been a huge fan of Steiner’s, and I even wrote an essay last year for her about trying to date as a single mom. (And subsequently got clobbered by her readers for it.)
In “For [...]
 
 
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