October 17

I'd like to start a new "series," featuring people -- mostly real! -- who have designed beautiful lives for themselves.

  Designer Julia Leach is profiled in the August 2012 issue of Martha Stewart Living. I like the quotations from her of how she would love to have a "whole day to go for a drive, cook, write, hike, discover something new....[I] pack light and carry a big tote."


Today is national Pasta Day! Here's one of my favorite pasta recipes, though after my cookbooks arrive months from now in our international shipment! I'll add another Jamie Oliver reference to a tuna-caper pasta I adore:
http://bestfoodthisweek.blogspot.com/2011/03/sage-and-pumpkin-pasta.html