Completely non food-related, but I had to post about my new favorite thing: a pair of New Balance newSky shoes. They’re made of 95% postconsumer recycled PET bottles, a thin, comfortable sole and chartreuse laces. Each …
On a recent visit to several antique shops, I scored this: a vintage Anchor-Hocking Automatic Food Chopper. I place the word ‘Automatic’ in air quotes, because there’s really nothing automatic about it. But it’s super handy, …
A few weeks ago, Todd Henry of Accidental Creative invited me to talk about my path from a lengthy career in publishing to working for myself as an independent journalist and copywriter. I really admire Todd’s …
On this gloriously sunny and pleasantly cool November 1st, I have two things growing in the garden: garlic, which is poking its little heads up through the bed of leaves it’s mulched with, and arugula. I’m …
I have a professional crush on Dorie Greenspan, I’ll admit it—and not because her hair is cuter and even shorter than mine. Her feature in the November issue of Food and Wine, The Cookie Canapé, is …
We don’t have kids. And as a consequence, our social circle isn’t filled with friends who have kids. The few folks I know who have little ones in the house have no concerns about feeding their …
Journalists are supposed to be impartial about their subjects, but in the interest of full disclosure I’ll own up to my love for Bloomington, IN. I spent four glorious years there in the late 1980s, earning …
This is the best recipe for homemade chocolate pudding I’ve found: it’s fairly simple and, more to the point, beyond delicious.
This weekend, I completed two chores in the vegetable garden … and together, they pointed out the wonderful cycle of planting, growing, harvesting, declining and planting that any garden represents. I began to clear out the …
