Writing Tips: The One Trait Every Writer Needs to Have

In college, I worked as a residents’ assistant for two years. It proved to be one of the hallmarks during those four years. During the year I manned a freshmen hall, I developed a bit of a… reputation. Whenever I was on duty, my ears would perk up to the sounds of clinking bottles or… Continue reading Writing Tips: The One Trait Every Writer Needs to Have

Kitchen Diaries: Lessons from a Sourdough Bread Loaf

Early Friday morning is an exquisite pocket of time. Perhaps it’s knowing that the sprint is almost over and only five hours stand in the way of what shapes weekend hours from the weekday ones. The kitchen comes slowly to life on Friday mornings, rising with the sun. Usually I am already bedecked in bits… Continue reading Kitchen Diaries: Lessons from a Sourdough Bread Loaf

Rick Bayless & Negra Modelo Take Us on a Mission District Walking Food Tour

Photo by Irvin Lin of Eat the Love Tis the the season of Julie Andrews singing about her favorite things. If each of us composed our own version of the song, what would be the items you might use to replace “raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens?” When the folks at Negra Modelo hired… Continue reading Rick Bayless & Negra Modelo Take Us on a Mission District Walking Food Tour

Augustus Waters, Oblivion & Gathering the Last Bits of Thanksgiving from the Table

Not that long ago, Nathan and I set off from our coast to the other one on a whirlwind trip to New York. One afternoon at a restaurant situated on the edge of Greenwich Village, a friend and I caught up over kale salads (with tempeh bacon for me, tofu for her). Our conversation strung along easily,… Continue reading Augustus Waters, Oblivion & Gathering the Last Bits of Thanksgiving from the Table

Baseball Poetry and Anniversaries

Let’s set the record straight. I didn’t grow up in a baseballer family. Far from it, my dad would root for soccer teams and instilled the love of football in me from a young age. For reasons unknown (voracious reader, hated to go outside), I never tried out for soccer. Many years later, I found… Continue reading Baseball Poetry and Anniversaries

On the Plate in August: Books to Read

Hello and happy Monday! With only a stitch of summer left, I’m woefully behind in sharing some of my summer non-required reading because what do you need more of than more books to read, right? Onward. I’m obsessed with cake right now. As such, I would be sunk without this seminal book that you probably… Continue reading On the Plate in August: Books to Read

When the Bread Hits the Pan

People in crisis do funny things. Some take up smoking. Others find their solace swirling through chipped ice in a glass tumbler. Still, many attack the elliptical with the full thrust of their being, working it out on a contraption that goes nowhere. You’ve heard of the funny bone, perhaps have wondered about the wish… Continue reading When the Bread Hits the Pan