Jessica Barnard

Family dinner. As parents, we were told it was the solution to everything. Our kids required it to grow up well-adjusted and become adventurous eaters. Meaningful conversation would flow freely as we cemented close and lasting bonds over Brussels sprouts and sushi.…

As I write this, I’m a week away from seeing my first novel, “April in Paris in June,” in print. I’ll come right out and say it’s a romance. I’m proud of the book, but I also know that people make fun…

Ah, the holidays in Belmont. Every year I look forward to gingersnap molasses ice cream at Rancatore’s, the Belmont High School Madrigal Singers at Turn on the Town, and those gloriously decorated side-by-side houses on Pleasant Street. For many of us Gen…