I cooked lembas bread, a cheeky undertaking for a mortal. I'm no Galadriel, the elf matriarch who gave the magically nutritious and courage-enhancing carb to hobbits and their companions as they ...

``The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die. ... This waybread of the elves had a potency that increased as travelers relied on it alone and did not mingle it ...

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." — J.R.R. Tolkien Each year, I swear I will never do this again. And yet, for the third year in a row, I ...