Social media advertising can be intrusive- the amount of information that lovely facebook social graph knows about you or the eerily right-on ads gmail users see in their inbox can make even the best of us think of big brother as more technological than governmental. One evening, perusing facebook, an ad of less than 25 characters… Continue reading Squash Blossom Poppers
Author: Annelies
Reading Corner: August
Very soon, you will see a few changes afoot in these parts. I trust you will find them worthwhile and winsome almost as much as I am chomping at the bit to see them in their full technicolor glory. In the meantime, I thought it might behoove me to tell you what’s coming up and… Continue reading Reading Corner: August
Chopped Carrot Basil Salad
This past weekend my cousin Erika flew up to the city by the Bay for a visit with her son, who we will call the Wedding Cake Bandit. We call him that because a very clever wedding photographer caught a somewhat clever ring-bearer right before he deposited his index finger in our wedding cake on… Continue reading Chopped Carrot Basil Salad
Do What You Love: A Story in Parts
What is that one dream or goal that feels just out of reach? You know the one- perhaps you pull it out of its secret drawer kept lockbox shut to regard it from time-to-time. Maybe, it’s an open secret- something the people around you know you enjoy but don’t understand how fully you would endow… Continue reading Do What You Love: A Story in Parts
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
The lure of the airport bookstore is a strong one for this traveler. While I read a plethora of book jackets or back covers, I rarely buy. On this particular occasion, my knapsack already bulged with five books keeping company with my laptop. In my trolling of the airport store, I happened on a small… Continue reading Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
Rocky Road Popsicles Food Photo Poetry
Rocky Road Popsicles Food Poetry
Rocky Road Popsicles
School cannot prepare you for this. You may define “this” differently. Perhaps it’s paying a mortgage, considering a career change, mourning a death. Where does simple mathematics play in here? Or perhaps mathematics is too much of a given, that simple logic of 1-1= 0. Maybe you would say that high school French class was… Continue reading Rocky Road Popsicles
When in Boston- America’s Test Kitchen Visit
An America’s Test Kitchen visit is kind of a big deal. When you get invited to attend a tour “next time you’re in Boston”, you find a reason to get to Boston. I’m sort of kidding, but really, I’m completely serious. At an impromptu food blogger meet-up a few months back during social media week,… Continue reading When in Boston- America’s Test Kitchen Visit
Mixed Media Poetry Workshop
Food and poetry- these two passions commingle in the food-poetry collection that’s got me obsessed with painting food with light and words. Recently, I had an opportunity to lead a workshop on Mixed Media Poetry with fellow poets to explore the process and consider the role of creating forms to propel writing in unexpected directions.… Continue reading Mixed Media Poetry Workshop
Fresh Fennel Lychee Spring Rolls Food Photo Poetry
Fresh Fennel Lychee Spring Rolls Food Photo Poetry
Fresh Fennel Lychee Spring Rolls with Black Tea Dipping Sauce
We stop to smell the roses. We stop to find their petals caress our fingertips, soft as rustling silk. We find their sweet aroma lingers into the rest of our day, its faint residue a recollection of gathering the mind swell of remembering we are part of life once. Travel can be such a disjointed… Continue reading Fresh Fennel Lychee Spring Rolls with Black Tea Dipping Sauce
Do the Work: the Art and Soul of Craft
We think it should come easily. If we have a talent or gift, somewhere along the way, we become convinced that that, in and of itself, is enough. We think that wanting to write is the same thing as the act itself. Somewhere we forget how the craft and the art are swallowed up by… Continue reading Do the Work: the Art and Soul of Craft