“It just arrived one day, like she was accidentally pregnant with her own dying. It was pain’s version of the virgin birth—you never did it with death, but somehow it screwed you anyway.” CE Morgan The best literary description of what it feels like to get a cancer diagnosis, from the inimitable author of my […]
It’s the Mooooosssstt Wonderful Tiiiiiimmme of the year! All I want to wear is velvet and roses. New Orleans is full of gorgeous glittered and trimmed pine boughs, giant gingerbread houses and the smell of magnolia. This recipe is for beef short ribs, but I have discovered this marinade tastes pretty good on practically any […]
The Fourth of July dazzled. We barbequed, the pool came to us in the heat (30 minute thundershower, thank heavens for pop up tents), and the chickens entertained a gaggle of toddlers. Everyone, chickens included, were well-fed. Lobster Cakes with Chipotle Lime Remoulade Adapted from an Ina Garten recipe 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided […]
“Baby I know times are a changin! Time to reach out for something new, and that means you too!” -Prince (may he rest in peace), from “Purple Rain.” Which, I will be singing tonight at Café Istanbul with my new band of intrepid musician Tulane residents. We’ve had two rehearsals, we don’t really know what […]
I have been tickling my dendrites with jazz, coating my tongue in dark chocolate, and then the word dumpling happened, and I felt Minnesota leak under the windowpanes like a draft. Dump-ling. It sounds like what it dares to do to me. But, oh. With Thai glaze—not so dumpy. I’m headed to a warm place, […]
The preparation of “Rank Order Lists,” a tragic game of favorites used to match medical students with their residency institutions, is a phenomenon I’d also liken to Box of Lies, a Jimmy Fallon mixer that KP and I appropriated this year for our annual Christmas present-as-prize spectacle with our families. The awkward chicanery on both sides […]