You know, I was at Death Café tonight, where taboo is the topic, and I am still swimming in the sea of good thoughts offered to me by my brilliant colleagues. A medical student likened bearing witness to his cadaver as gazing on the ship of Theseus—a philosophical totem that challenges notions of permanence—if a […]
Category: Beverages
Mint Juleps with Shrimp Avocado Chips and Dip
“You go to my head, like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew, and I find the very mention of you, like the kicker in a julep or two.” It’s been awhile since I’ve sung You Go To My Head, but in these early summer days when I come home to my warm and sunny porch, […]
Click’n through call with Keli’s Teriyaki Chicken Nachos
Most call days I wake up and feel like this. I only get out of bed if I know I can soon have a full pot of french press coffee. Or Click. On call days, sustenance is about speed. I’ve posted on Click Coffee Protein shakes before, but oh man, stuff that you can take […]
Meadow Mocktail
Everyone who owns socks knows that lavender is good stuff. I had never considered using it as food, but in the realm of craft cocktails, we must leave no stone yet unturned. This cocktail is refreshing, perfect porch material for the coming spring and advent of Jazz Fest here in the Crescent City. This drink […]
Pledge to Mind the Gap – MegaFood Smoothie Time
It is well known that doctors, in particular, residents-in-training, have some of the worst health habits of all the land. We walk around with acute kidney injuries from daily dehydration, and when we finally get a chance to catch up on eating/hydrating, we dump cans of caffeinated diet sodas down the hatch chased by fistfuls […]
A Smoothie Bible, with Guest Review from my Smoothie Queen
Knowing my true place in the scheme of things, a veritable smoothie novice, I deferred the deep analysis of what I call the Smoothie Bible, the “300 Best Blender Recipes Using Your Vitamix” by Robin Asbell, to my mother, the Smoothie Queen. In New Orleans we have Smoothie King, but in Portland, OR, we all […]
Cascade Icetini – One Last Cocktail Before the New Year
After the holidays, I have the strange certainty that my organs are staging a mutiny against my person. I suppose there would be some justice to that, in particular with regard to my pancreas and liver. I feel ready for some kind of cleanse, but also know that I’m no monk. This year there will […]
Turmeric Ginger Elixir for Holiday Detox
If you are feeling run down by the pace of the holidays, what with Christmas shopping, baking, travelling, and over-boozing at parties – I think I have a special drank for you, beautiful. An elixir, if you will. Sounds medicinal, right? Maybe it is. My mother likes to boil ginger in honey and drink a […]
Still Life with Chocolate Kissel and Squash with a side of Ankovsky Pie
I am honored with the opportunity to review this new cookbook, Leo Tolstoy: A Vegetarian’s Tale, by S. Pavlenko. As a woman with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and a food blogger, I was told I was contacted because I was considered a “literary foodie.” Highest praise. This cookbook necessarily targets similar “literary foodies” as it […]
Caffeinated Pumpkin Powercakes and GIVEAWAY
I cannot imagine a more perfect protein supplement for resident physicians. CLICK is an easy add-on to whatever sort of hectic, shaken not stirred sort of morning you may be having, and the 16 grams of protein sustains. This week, I’ve been on nights, chugging like a Night Train up and down lonely, dark wards, […]