You know, I’ve never been a huge fan of lemon in desserts. I like for my lemon for lemonade, dressings, or in my water. Maybe a slight zip of zest in lemon quick breads is good, too. But a dessert where lemon is the showcase? I always felt like I was eating pinesol. That all […]

Reality, while beautiful most of the time, can contain major pockets of suckage. In these times, we might want to escape into our minds, into our hearts, into somewhere, anywhere else than we actually are. Examples: sitting on the floor in the library stacks at midnight, surrounded by books and a looming twenty page paper, […]

We all attempt to build our lives. Keyword: attempt. As if constructing a building, we spread out our love, sprinkle it with dreams and hopes, and like a piece of toast, out pops our perfect vision. Unfortunately, as much as I’d want things to be that way, and to have everything just the way you […]

Other than my mother, my greatest cooking influence has been my paternal grandmother. Words fail me in expressing how much I loved that woman. What’s weird is that in the year since her passing, I feel that I have come to know her on a deeper level. And I’ve realized that we are the same […]

My new-found infatuation with seasonality stems from the fact that up until last May, I had lived in areas that had one season: summer. Although it was somewhat, for lack of a better word, sheltered… at least it was desirable weather that surrounded me and not an igloo in Antarctica. This was nice when I’d […]

Peanut butter….the spread of life. How I adore it….it’s been jelly’s buddy in our lunch box sandwiches. On celery with raisins in ants on a log form. It’s been apple’s partner, too. Chocolate, nutella, bananas, prunes….or like I like to eat it: straight out of the jar with a spoon. What’s best about peanut butter is […]