Still oaring through the bog of cancer treatment. “I can’t complain about it, just gotta keep my balance/ And just keep dancing on it/ We getting funky on the scene/ And you know about it, like a star on the screen/ Watch me tip all on it. Baby whether you’re high or low, baby whether […]
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” Ursula LeGuin My brother was married this weekend in the vineyard countryside of McMinneville, Oregon. Our family spent days together toasting and toasting and toasting. We ate delicious breads, some of the best I’ve […]
Our sweet bulldog is now half-blind. In a Shakespearean twist, her eyeball had to come out last Tuesday. She is adjusting like a champ. We are resorting to pirate costumes to adjust ourselves, but she is in much less pain now without the tumor that had invaded the eye, and so we are grateful. She […]
Thunder is shaking the house. The summer skies are darkened with heavy clouds full of water that just started spilling over onto the rooftops. I’m watching rain pelt the roof of the bright orange house next door and feeling grateful for all in life that serves to cover and shelter us. At times I am […]
Tofu and I have become friends over the years. Healthy friends. Not that meats are mean girls, but, I feel like tofu is the kind of friend who sends you holiday cards decades after you move away. Meats give you reflux on your birthday instead of a card, you know? Tofu is easy to toss […]
Wearing and eating only green on St. Patrick’s Day seems right. Took a Ginger Whiskey Cider ala Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer down to Finn’s today to celebrate in the world’s smallest parade (out the front door of the bar, around the side, in the back door). Ginger Whiskey Cider 2 oz. Hard Cider 1 oz. […]
I’m not a vegan. But, almost like a sport, I enjoy finding vegan recipes that are delicious. The Edgy Veg by Candice Hutchings is a treasure trove of fabulous vegan hacks of more traditionally carnivorous dishes. I pry open every vegan cookbook with severe skepticism, because so many disappoint. The Edgy Veg does not disappoint. […]
Veganism. A science for creative spirits. I turned to this recipe because I had superfluous carrots on hand that needed to be dealt with. They were bothering me as they became limp antithetically in my crisper. I saw this recipe and was like, No Way. No way carrots taste anywhere near as good as a […]
Excuses. We live by them, alas. God forbid we die by them. Why don’t we eat healthy? I love this new cookbook by Megan Gilmore No Excuses Detox which exists to debunk the heavy hitters, like, I don’t have enough time, or it’s too expensive, or I am too hungry and can’t control my cravings. […]
Just in time for Mardi Gras, I had the chance to review a nudie vegan cookbook Squeeze Life by Karliin Brooks, “Your guide to the best bare body at any age.” This book is full of colorful, gorgeous foodie photos, pun after pun after pun, and has a casual, often profane narrator. The prose reads […]