Checking My Compass

As my humble newsletter celebrates one year, I wonder: Is it okay to be writing about food and wine these days?

Hi. It’s been a while.

You see, I’ve needed a moment.

To romp in the ocean. To stick my hands in the black Appalachian dirt and grow skybound stalks of amaranth for the very first time. To taste-test milkshakes with my stepkids. (They prefer Dairi-O, for those in the know.) To lose myself in a book or two. To break bread with comrades, strengthening my c…