Things I've Been Consuming, October

Even the most casual readers of this space will be aware that I’ve long been a fan of Melissa Clark’s, she of the red red hair, irrepressible energy, and over three dozen books (how. does. she. do. it!). But until recently, I didn’t actually own a book of hers, perhaps because she has so many recipes in the New York Times, where she works, and which I r…