Berries are precious. Not only because of their cost—about the same as a cup of coffee these days ($6-7, for those of you reading in the future and want to know what inflation was like in 2023; sorry if it’s gotten worse!). To me, theirread more
Thinking back to my adolescent years, when my face was riddled with acne and my hair thinned practically overnight, I’m astonished by how big of a turnaround my body has made (yay, body!). I attribute these changes to overall improvements to my diet and lifestyleread more
Ayurveda teaches us that happiness is something we can generate internally—from health, from good company, from connection to the macrocosm. And yet, ask the average person on the street what makes them happy and you might hear a very different sort of response. Success, wealth,read more
Many of our morning routines have undergone radical changes in recent times, including the way we nourish ourselves. Maybe your hour-long commute on public transportation has become five steps from your kitchen to your home office, or maybe the quiet time you once had whileread more
If you’ve ever tried to curb your sweet tooth during the holidays and failed, I have good news for you: your cravings are not coming from some malicious marketing scheme or a fissure in your self-control; rather they’re powerful and essential messages from Mother Natureread more
Last fall I experimented with a savory pumpkin bread to make use of some discarded sourdough starter that had been hanging out in my fridge all summer. It was delicious, and empowered me to play around with a classic family recipe I otherwise wouldn’t haveread more
There’s a lot to be said about the value of a savory breakfast—something that most of the world has enjoyed for centuries but we in America have decided to stand apart from (add that to the list…) in our craze for sweet. When I’m doingread more
There’s a new evil in the health world these days: sugar. It’s joined the other evil S-words of Smoking and Sitting as things that will kill you, and so many people I know are on the no- or low-sugar bandwagon. I for one have never beenread more
I recently came across an advice column on Esquire.com called “Ask a Clean Person,” c/o Lena Dunham’s newsletter, Lenny. The writer is surely a kindred spirit: cleaning is my jam. Nothing thrills me more than throwing a hamper full of dirty clothes in the washing machine (despite theread more
