This year I’m supposed to be doing an alphabet reading challenge, where I read through the entire alphabet by author’s last name. It’s an interesting challenge because it has forced me to look for books in an unconventional way (but I have discovered it’s really easy to find authors I want to read whose last […]
What? I know you are scratching your head a little right now as you consider the date. It’s the middle of 2020 (possibly the strangest year ever), but I’m writing about the books I read in 2019? Yes. I know. I’m way, way behind. In fact, I almost gave up sharing my reads with you […]
Ages ago, I stumbled across a recipe that combined hummus and avocado together—two flavors I probably never would have thought to eat in the same bite. I always thought of hummus squarely within the tradition of Middle Eastern foods, while avocado belongs to the cuisines of South and Central America. But ever since I threw […]
I am basically convinced that pickled onions are the best condiment in the world. They are tangy and just a little sweet, with a crisp bite. You can put them on almost anything, from sandwiches to eggs to grain salads to tacos (and, trust me, when you do, you will be taking your food to […]
When we brought our little, orange baby home from the hospital, we set him down next to the piano, asleep in his car seat, and looked at each other. What now? Did the professionals seriously just send us home with a baby…by ourselves? His entire life so far, I felt like we were being graded. […]
I hear a gagging noise. “Are you okay!?” I ask frantically, whipping my head around and peering into the back seat. My 4-year-old son has his neck craned forward and his tongue sticking out as he coughs. My husband jerks the steering wheel to the right and we abruptly pull to the side of the […]
It’s probably a sin to admit this, but…I don’t really like crusty bread. *gasp!* Crackly crusts hurt my mouth. I don’t like it when the soft center of the bread squashes as I try to bite into it. I’m basically a bread pariah. This is probably why I love sandwich loaves so much. By their […]
Well…It’s been a minute since I shared a recipe with you. (But who’s counting?) Maybe you can tell that I’ve been a little more focused on other kinds of writing. And then just when I got geared up to start posting about food again, we were all confined to our homes and encouraged not to […]
On the way home from preschool, my middle daughter usually keeps up a steady stream of inane chatter. She talks about the art projects she did that morning and conversations we had yesterday. I give myself permission to listen with only one ear, rotating through several noncommittal exclamations. “Really? Hm. That sounds interesting.” But this […]
I had to slam my freezer shut and lean on it hard to keep it closed. I couldn’t stop looking up listicles about vegetables with long shelf lives. But I didn’t want anyone else to know I had turned into a closet doomsday prepper, so I cautiously kept sending my son to school. He started […]
