I don’t usually watch TV, but the show Chopped has always intrigued me. Maybe because it feels a little more like reality TV than the rest of the genre. The ingredients in my kitchen are never as extreme as those given to the contestants, but frequently atread more
I recently was admiring a friend’s “new” purse. I knew it had to be vintage because it was one of those styles they just don’t make anymore.When she explained that it was actually her grandmother’s—she’d found it recently when cleaning out her old apartment—a pang ofread more
I’ve been experimenting with a raw diet this week, which has yielded good and bad results: some bloating, some boredom with the local produce selection in a chilly April, some frustration and cravings; but also some unexpected energy, and a general feeling of wellness inread more
It’s really hard to find truffles that are vegan. I had to say it. Most recipes involve lots of cream and butter and the like, and those ingredients are essential to the experience of breaking through a chocolatey shell to a light, whipped inside. Geniusread more
Some of my friends and family members talk about a bowl of pasta like it’s a drug–a food the mere thought of making on a chilly fall evening could send them on a carb spree that would make Marie from Everybody Loves Raymond the proudest mama outread more
For the past eleven years, I’ve dealt on and off (mostly on) with intense digestive issues ranging from abdominal cramping and distention, constipation, and a “full” feeling that creeps up into my throat and is the antithesis of the good kind of full-feeling after you’ve hadread more
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” So said Mark Twain aboutread more
Do you remember those adorable old Campbell’s soup commercials, where the snowman comes inside the house and a mom serves him soup, only for the warm broth to melt away the snow and reveal a smiling little boy? That’s how I’ve felt (in spirit) the pastread more
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about chocolate. There’s one person I can blame for this: a very sweet person who’s opened my eyes (and palate) to the incredibly vast and nuanced world of chocolate flavors, origins, and making techniques. That on top of every storeread more
