Field & Pantry friends, I am sorry. I began this post on September 17, intending to write about the Jewish high holidays, the fall, the cakes and tarts and preserves of the season. I stepped away from my desk for a moment and clearly entered some kind of time machine because here I am, many weeks later, sitting down to complete the post. Where did the time go, we all like to say? On one level, I know where the time has gone: I have been touring and travelling, hosting book events, talking and li...