[...] November, my friend Kelley—she of the banana bread—sent me an e-mail packed with recipes and links, in preparation for my plan to cook [...]

[...] desserts: the double chocolate biscotti that I made for a friend’s wedding three years ago, chocolate-chip banana bread my friend Kelley who encouraged me to write sent me the recipe for last year, butter cookies topped [...]

[...] that same time, my friend Kelley (different Kelley, she with an e and of banana bread fame) and I had started reading a book together. (All right, full disclosure, we actually ended up [...]

And on the subject of disappointments, I had a rough time with a kale recipe this evening. Oh, well. Just makes the successes more sweet, when they come.