Well, COVID-19 threw us all a curve ball, didn't it? (I really have no business using a baseball metaphor because I barely understand the flow of the game, let alone the rules, but it seems appropriate here.) My heart goes out to everyone who has gotten sick, lost family members or friends to this sneaky disease, or suffered a disruption of their livelihood. I've been absent from this site since way before COVID, though. I taught a couple of Piroshki classes at Kathy's Kitche