Both Done and Not Done

In the kitchen, you can usually be quite sure if something is “done” or “not yet done” or “raw.” In the rest of life, though, telling whether something is where it needs to be, at a jumping off point or place of readiness and fruition, often gets a little more complex. A bit like a cook reaching for a favorite spice, my mother had a way of latching on to particular words and using them over and over, emphatically — … Read More