Anne Rochell KonigsmarkMay 221 minKnowledge is Power...and Smothered Chicken is AmericaIn my latest podcast, due out later this month, I will do a deep-ish dive into the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkFeb 4, 20232 minBeaches, Peaches, and MermaidsIn the latest episode of my podcast, Cocktail Party Takeaways, I take on T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Unlike...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkJan 8, 20232 minSave the Planet, Save Your FaceMy son is home from college and it seems that living amongst all those smart, striving, well-intentioned young people has reawakened the...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkJul 5, 20222 minThis one is about the Hungry Club, but it's not about foodAs I make a new round of edits to my memoir, I have been digging ever deeper into my father's papers and into events from half a century...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkDec 22, 20212 minThe American Dream is dead. How about a drink?In honor of my two-part podcast on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, allow me to mix up some Jazz Age cocktails. In Chapter Seven,...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkOct 12, 20212 minIt's Cookie MONSTER SeasonIt’s October and you know what that means, moms. The cutout cookie death march is about to begin. You have to make ghost and pumpkin iced...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkSep 25, 20212 minWho am I cooking for, anyway?When my husband is out of town, I don't cook. I have no idea why. It's not because he "expects" me to cook, and so when he is absent, I...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkSep 14, 20213 minYou can SO make homemade pasta!When I was a young reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, I had a group of friends who liked to get together and cook elaborate...
Anne Rochell KonigsmarkSep 6, 20212 minWhen a knife feels better than a penAs much as I love writing, and as much as I love reading, studying, teaching, and talking about great works of literature, I also love to...