Friday Favorites No. 701 | One-Pot Comfort, Good Books, and a Few Good Things

 Butternut squash recipes, cider pot roast, three great reads, and the articles I can’t stop thinking about

Life lately has been…a lot. I have to be honest, it is hard to show up here every day and know what to say because it feels like lately there has been a series of life changing events and I feel as if you may be tired of hearing about them. Honestly, I am weary of talking about them.

My uncle passed last night peacefully with his family by his side. You cannot ask for more than that.

The roofer came and confirmed two holes from the storm, plus shingles missing from the wind across much of the roof. We are on the calendar for repairs. The week itself was short, and mostly a matter of catching my breath.

And then there is the date itself. September 11. Twenty-five years, and I do not think any of us who lived through that morning will ever fully put it down. I remember exactly where I was. I imagine you do too. I did not want to let Friday pass without acknowledging it.

How are you? Really. What has your week looked like?

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Food

I love comfort food, especiall made if made in one pot. This weeks recipe are a combinateion of one pot meals and homemade pasta.

Homemade Butternut Squash Ravioli made with fresh egg pasta dough, rich and creamy butternut squash and ricotta filling tossed in a simple brown butter and sage sauce. This is one of my favorite fall foods.

Cider braised pot roast is the comfort food we all need right now!

Creamy Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Sausage, Thyme, and Sage is the ultimate Autumn comfort food.   This one-pan recipe takes only 40 minutes to make!  Simple and quick enough to make on a busy weeknight.

An easy and delicious Pumpkin Spice Bread with Pepita Streusel Topping, filled with your favorite Fall spices and nutty topping.

Read, Watch, Listen

Dolly Parton Estate Will Honor the Late Singer With “Dollyfest” Instead of a Public Memorial

How Dolly Parton wrote the story of a changing America

Why Does Everything Seem Like a Scam

What did people really eat in Medieval Taverns

Ralph Lauren proves the American dream still sells at New York fashion week

When a Plate Shatters, This Artist Illustrates a New Story With the Broken Pieces [Interview]

What Influencers Owe Us “Your followers are funding your life, so they expect some level of transparency.”

What to watch this fall: Here are 16 TV shows we’re looking forward to

Stop asking ‘Am I good enough?’ To be yourself and feel worthy, do 5 things instead, says psychologist

Strong, silent types? Meet the puesteros of Chile – in pictures

Cashews vs. Pecans: Which Nut To Choose for Protein and Healthy Fats

Books

Chapters by Rebecca Russell

A high-flying London barrister with the career, the flat, and the handsome boyfriend – Eve’s life is a masterpiece of control. Then, in the space of a single catastrophic day, all of it comes crashing down: she loses the biggest case of her career, discovers her boyfriend’s betrayal, and learns that the father she hasn’t spoken to in years is missing, presumed dead at sea.

With nowhere left to hide, Eve is forced back to the sleepy seaside town she swore she’d left behind for good. And there’s a catch to the inheritance waiting for her: to receive what her heart most wants, her mother’s precious things, she must spend one full year running her family’s bookshop.

One year. In a town full of eccentric locals, meddling matriarchs and an infuriatingly patient German lodger who sees right through her. Eve is counting down the days until she can leave.The trouble is, Littletown has other plans.

Down Burrow Lane(availalible for pre-order) by Michael Morpurgo

The long-awaited memoir of life and love on a Devon farm – Michael Morpurgo’s most personal and moving book to date

Fifty years ago, Michael and Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in London and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow Lane.

It was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer. Over the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and Private Peaceful.

Here, Michael and Clare raised their family – and, in many ways, grew up themselves. They also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life in the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.

This Is a Love Story by Jessica Stofer

For fifty years, Abe and Jane have been coming to Central Park, as starry-eyed young lovers, as frustrated and exhausted parents, as artists watching their careers take flight. They came alone when they needed to get away from each other, and together when they had something important to discuss. The Park has been their witness for half a century of love. Until now.

Jane is dying, and Abe is recounting their life together as a way of keeping them going: the parts they knew—their courtship and early marriage, their blossoming creative lives—and the parts they didn’t always want to know—the determined young student of Abe’s looking for a love story of her own, and their son, Max, who believes his mother chose art over parenthood, and who has avoided love and intimacy at all costs. Told in various points of view, even in conversation with Central Park, these voices weave in and out to paint a portrait as complicated and essential as love itself.

Outfit of the Week

I built today’s outfit around these blue suede embellished loafers! I love them. They are perfect with a pair of croped pants or jeans, a blue and white stripe shirt, green and blue cashmere sweater, and a trench to keep you warm.

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It has been that kind of week, and I imagine some of you understand exactly what I mean. There is something steadying about sitting down on a Friday and pulling together the things that caught my attention, the recipes I want to try, the books I want to read, the articles I found myself thinking about afterward. It is a small ritual, but it holds.

Tell me about your week. What are you cooking, reading, or looking forward to this weekend?

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