April 1, 2016
The Year I Forgot Passover: On Love, Memory, and Honor
I’ll eat with money and I’ll eat with my teeth until the rocks and the mountains curl and my blood sings — I’m such a good girl to eat the world. […]
March 25, 2016
Birds Eat Birds: On Congee and Conscience
As far as I can tell, congee neither lengthens nor curtails your life. And it’s just right there between comforting and bland: eating it makes you feel like you’re on […]
November 8, 2010
Homemade Mess
My favorite line from my second-favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe is this: “Scoop 6 3 ?-ounce mounds of dough (the size of generous golf balls) onto baking sheet, making sure […]