Today, I'm working on the biscuit chapter of 'The Feast of the Dove.' It's the first of the recipe chapters in the manuscript. A section on pantry management, with information on how to choose and store pantry staples, including flours, sweeteners, and herbs and spices, preceeds the recipe chapters. Photo by Jodie Morgan (@twoluckyspoons) via…
What is ‘The Feast of the Dove’?
Some 10 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, where I now live, there’s a 200-year-old Franciscan mission called San Xavier del Bac. It rises like a shining moon above the surrounding land of the Tohono O'odam San Xavier Reservation, near the community of Wa:k. The mission's nickname is ‘the White Dove of the Desert.’ Its lime-stuccoed…