I am not a fan of diets, and I am especially not a fan of talking about diets. By diets I mean the lose weight/get fit variety, not the food choices or restrictions some people have due to allergies, preferences, or social constructs. I really hate talking about weight. And yet. I have been making some … Continue reading Talking about dieting
I cook a bit, and lately I've been giving food as gifts. I made two birthday cakes as gifts in January (fluffy lemon rosemary with citrus cream frosting for Lydia, chocolate cardamom with amaretto and candied ginger buttercream for Brandy). Technically, I made three cakes, but one burned slightly and tasted too much like a dense … Continue reading On bread and birthday cakes
I stopped working at the corporate job in August. All of what follows is true, and I might have hated the writer of this post if I had read it a few years ago. I have become one of those women whose lives I envied. See my last post for reference. Or this post for … Continue reading Do what you want
I share the post below because it relates to another contrasting piece that is currently percolating and that I hope to have up in a few days. The post below was originally written a little over four years ago in early October 2012 while I was on a corporate business trip. *** This morning I … Continue reading My writing life, circa October 2012
They are often the same, my resolutions, much like everyone else's. Drink less. Eat better. Lose weight. Write more. Read more. Be kind. And every year I fail in some way on one or all of these. But every year I think, "This is the year. I will work out, even if my workouts are … Continue reading Resolutions, this year again
I am not very crafty. I sometimes have the impulse to create tangible, viewable items, but unless I am preparing food, I generally fall short of my vision. So for a friend, I wrote this little poem for Christmas. Because sometimes I am sentimental. For My Friend I wanted to give you something real, an authentic … Continue reading I give you my words
I received three cookbooks for Christmas, and I am in love with two of them. The third, the one I actually requested, is okay but unlikely to become a favorite. The lesser of these three is the most hyped, Anthony Bourdain's Appetites: A Cookbook, and while I enjoyed his strong opinions and riffs on classics, it … Continue reading On cookbooks
Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, has come and gone. With it, too many beige foods (just kidding, beige foods are delicious). No more cranberry relish or making of cornbread dressing until next year. I love Thanksgiving because of the expectations -- food, mostly comfort food, served well. No presents, no staying up late, no fancy dress required. … Continue reading Thanksgiving, and what follows
I recently took an online quiz designed by Charles Murray to see if I lived in a bubble. From what I can gather, the quiz appears to be targeted primarily at white people to discern the thickness of their "bubble." High scores = thin bubble and aware of or part of the "ordinary" American white … Continue reading Don’t put me in a bubble
I am one of those people who never worked out. I am serious when I say that until very recently, I had done some sort of cardio a total of 15 times or fewer my whole life (excluding the mandatory gym classes in high school). I had to take a physical exercise class in college, … Continue reading Just keep moving
Gwen Mullins 