Better than store-bought: Homemade sea-salt crackers.
Homemade crackers? Why, you ask. Because a) they’re beyond delicious and b) they’re fun and easy to make. Get the recipe!
Category: Recipes
A different approach to cooking.
Rob and I have had a number of wine-fueled, dinner-table conversations in recent weeks about our personal approach to cooking, and whether it might be a model, in some small way, for a different way to …
Life as a newly hatched freelance writer.
On the heels of my very first week as a freelance writer, my longtime friend and colleague, Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor, interviewed me for the Creative Freelancer Blog. Our conversation was great, not only because …
This week at the farmers’ market.
One word: Strawberries!!! The first crop of strawberries showed up this week—not too many, yet, but they’re absolutely delicious. I had a bowl of sliced strawberries with vanilla nonfat Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of Turbinado …
Sitting all day sucks.
Recently, I published a post here about the health hazards of having a sedentary job. In fact, one of the things I was most looking forward to about beginning a second career as a freelance writer …
Hearty veggie salad with many variations.
An e-mail newsletter last week from SparkRecipes highlighted a recipe that I knew I had to make for lunch, and soon. I loved the idea of it: a hearty, stick-with-you combination of bulgur and lentils, combined …
This week at the farmers’ market.
We venture north for this week’s market recap, to the debut of Chicago’s Green City Market in Lincoln Park. Farmers from northern Indiana and Illinois, and from Michigan and Wisconsin brought spring produce, and some surprises. …
Better than store-bought: Best homemade granola.
Well, at least I think it’s the best granola recipe. For proof, there’s the fact that I. Can’t. Stop. Eating. It. In a bowl with milk for breakfast, by the handful as a snack—I’m rather stuck …
On becoming a freelance writer.
This morning as I sat at my desk to begin my first day as full-time writer/editor for writes4food, I opened my notebook to jot down a gameplan for the week. I turned to a random page …
