"We know we shouldn't marvel over something as simple as mashed potatoes, but against the sea of indifferent diner spuds that we've encountered over the years, Shelly's reminds us that these are incomparably better when made from scratch. ...The texture is terrific. We could make a meal of them."
"Of course, we do no such thing. [Lately] we've enjoyed those mashed potatoes ... with chicken curry, invigorated by one of several imported spice blends that decorate the grocery shelves" at one end of the dining room. Read more about Michelle Boyce, and her continuing "passion to recreate my mom’s home cooking," on Culinary Backstreets.