by Michelle Moran | Oct 19, 2025 | The Writer
I wrote this post last spring as we were embarking on our journey back from Sicily to the US. I had not posted it as we were immediately submerged in life in the States, scrambling with renovations, farm dinners, and family affairs. What a joy it was to spend the...
by Michelle Moran | Jul 28, 2024 | The Writer
Technology is both my best friend and enemy. In the mornings, my practice has been to open my email and start the day by knocking out to-do lists before I write. The writing never comes because the lists are always so long. Then something happened the other day. I was...
by The Chef And The Writer | May 19, 2020 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #dannyandmichelle, #litlpond, #MasseriaKitchen, #saverestaurants, CovidChronicle, Uncategorized
There are so many ups and downs in this quarantine. This began as one of those down weeks. Struggling with the idea of opening, something that 65 days ago, when we were submerged by the knowledge that we would have to close our restaurants, we were buoyed only by the...
by The Chef And The Writer | Mar 14, 2015 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #Homestead, #MasseriaKitchen, #SustainableFarming
I sit, watching the sky darken, and contemplate the task of mucking out our sow’s stall. I need to dispose of the straw she’s kept so warm for her litter this winter, the lice have not died off despite bone-chilling weather. I’ve finished my basic daily chores. I...
by The Chef And The Writer | Apr 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
So it’s been a year now since I quit my full-time writing gig. I don’t know what I thought when I quit. That I was going to write the Great American novel in twelve months? Great books have been written in less time. Great books have been written in more time. And...
