“It’s so far from home,” Andrew said, after he had stared at the memorial for a solid two ...

The first time I had strawberry shortcake was in elementary school, when I helped with our church’s annual ...

Every year, for my husband’s birthday, I plan him a surprise trip as his gift. He gets to ...

It’s a little more complicated to arrange a vacation when you are trying to accommodate virtually every season ...

My grandmother, who lives near the sea, by the White Cliffs of Dover, has an induction stove—or hob, ...

Hitler was paranoid that the Allied forces would attack the Channel Islands, and worked to make it an ...

The best part about visiting a place you used to live is that it gives you the opportunity ...

Toasted Pop-Tarts with sprinkles were the staple of my childhood Saturday mornings.  I can’t look at a Pop-Tart ...

As a child, my favorite day of the week was Sunday, because Sundays always smelled the best. My ...

Recent days and weeks have brought disruption to the normal rhythm of our daily lives. The infrastructure of ...

If there is one thing I know about Italy, it is that gelato is never far. So I ...

The white cliffs of Dover are striking from any perspective.  From the sea, they look like a giant ...

“Corn grows up, carrots grow down, cucumbers grow around and around.” The phrase from the children’s book “Up, ...

When I shared the news with family and friends that we were expecting our first baby, it was ...

I have had to work hard to love winter as an adult, and so I find it intriguing ...

Every year the world pauses to count down the seconds until midnight, ushering out the old year and ...

I met my future mother-in-law, Lisa, when I was just 18. At the time, she ran a bake ...

“You’ve got the brandy? And the match?” my mom asks my dad as they walk into the dining ...

Soon after my husband and I bought our first house—a major fixer-upper that needed renovations in every room—we ...

This year, I am hosting Thanksgiving for my family. That Thursday night, 14 people will find themselves crowded ...

My husband and I hosted a dinner the other day for some friends in different stages of life. ...

My kitchen was coated in a layer of white: flour that had somehow managed to float to every ...

My mother grew up on the Channel Island of Jersey. It is, by any objective account, a beautiful ...

What I love most about food is that it is so rarely just food. As humans, we are ...

I have a farmhouse table in my kitchen, built with wooden slats and grooves wide enough to collect ...