So, the bad news is I have COVID again (Hat Trick). The good news is (a) COVID has never been too mean to me and (b) I’ll be posting to the blog a lot more this week! Starting with super-fast reviews of a bunch of books and audiobooks I cleared over the holidays: Americanah, ChimamandaContinue reading “One-Minute Reviews”
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Letter of Recommendation: Songs of Joy & Peace
I’m a little late with this one, but hey! There are still technically 2 days left to Christmas…. Yo-Yo Ma’s Songs of Joy & Peace is perfect for the season–festive and restful and not too Christmasy, for folks who are perhaps not as pro-Christmas as I am. The pieces are almost all collaborations and areContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Songs of Joy & Peace”
Chef-y Recipes
I called a recipe chef-y the other week—I think it was this one—and one of my Experimental Supper Club buddies asked me what I meant by that. I thought about it and said something like, “A chef-y recipe calls for like 2 more hands, 4 more ingredients, and 8 more hours than you’ve got.” IContinue reading “Chef-y Recipes”
Baby sushi
youtube.com/watch Happy New Year!!
Merry Xmas from ATEEZ!
youtube.com/watch Yes, they have a new album out. No, it is not that great (though “Silver Light” is really beautiful). But this dance practice where they’re all dressed up as Mito the black moon rabbit (this year was the year of the rabbit in the lunar calendar) is super adorable and festive.
“Theodore…Where’s Chippy?”
Sorry, can’t resist reposting this one
Victorian Blue-and-White Christmas
Full disclosure: I don’t actually have that many Victorian-era decor items other than a set of paper houses I cut out when I was a kid and a pre-Raphaelite tree angel I think I bought from the Met catalogue 30 years ago. So around my place, “Victorian” kinda means “more is more” and also “putContinue reading “Victorian Blue-and-White Christmas”
Wednesday’s Child: Welsh Cookies
I had never eaten Welsh cookies before I met my ex-husband. I think the first time I tasted them was from a care package his mother sent to Texas around the holidays. Petite, tender with butter, redolent of nutmeg and studded with chewy little currents, they charmed me. I liked how they were fried, likeContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Welsh Cookies”
The Grocery Store
I realized last week that one of the most significant and long-standing relationships of my life hasn’t been with a person but with a place: the grocery store. Naturally, there have been many grocery stores over the years, but if taken together they make this sort of Ur-space where I have worked out some ofContinue reading “The Grocery Store”
Experimental Supper Club #7: Birthday Edition
I hand-wrote these menus on postcards and then immediately recycled them like a genius…so I don’t have any pictures for you. But the centerpiece was David Chang’s famous Momofuku Bo Ssam, which came out very well. Everyone went nuts for Smitten Kitchen’s Miso Black Sesame poporn, which we had as an appetizer with somewhat forgettableContinue reading “Experimental Supper Club #7: Birthday Edition”
The Rookery 