This week was our first taste of fall. My new apartment has no internet, and I rarely have the foresight to check the next day’s weather at school before I leave for the evening, so I was rather surprised last Sunday to find myself shivering in a sundress and sweater, the the temperature hovering around [...]
I have been told on several occasions that I eat Weird Breakfasts. From a certain perspective, I am guilty as charged. Leftover noodles, tomato soup, dal on toast—these are not what one could call typical items on the average North American breakfast table. I prefer to look at it as reclaiming an space in which [...]
When life gives you lemons, they say, make lemonade. When life gives you a free carton of Greek yogurt, make salmon cakes with yogurt-dill sauce. I have much to learn when it comes to fish. We never ate it much at home when I was small: fish, along with Beef Wellington, asparagus, and other such [...]
Sometimes I am lazy with guacamole, just mashing up some avocado with a bit of salsa. It’s okay, but—I’m so glad when I’m not lazy. Guacamole is one of those Good Ugly Foods, at least if you tend to leave avocados a little bit too long so they get nasty brown bits that you eat [...]
