Chametzcakes

When searching for recipes for our passover seder – an extra challenge with vegetarians and people with nut and gluten allergies sharing the table – we stumbled across this abomination: Gefilte fish cupcakes with horseradish whipped cream. Gefilte fish cupcakes. That said, this site is actually pretty cool, and I do want to try out [...]

Holiday Spirits

In lieu of writing an actual blog post this week, here are some pictures of our easter keg hunt. (Apologies for the quality, it’s a camera phone.)

Thoughts For Food

There’s a conversation going on over at metafilter about how people cook and eat in this country. Like having a short commute, the ability to eat well is a privilege. It’s not just about having the money and access to purchase fresh produce and other healthy ingredients, it’s also about having the time to cook [...]

Like Riding a Bicycle

There’s a thing I like to do, whenever someone says something is “like riding a bicycle”. “Oh,” I reply, faux-innocently. “You mean it’s like this cultural touchstone you’ve always been jealous of but never shared because you were too afraid of getting hit by a car?” Which of course is never what anyone means by [...]

Some Body

I think bodies are neat. I always have, especially the insides. I think I’m the only person in the world to enjoy a root canal, thanks to the awesome dentist who explained to me what she was doing as she worked. (Did you know that the roots of a tooth are like a plants’, sucking [...]