You can poke fun at the couple’s foibles, and you can put them in awkward situations, but you can’t make light of love itself. Crazy Rich Asians takes love seriously – that’s why it worked for me.
Sommelier of Chocolate – Ask the Right Questions
Not sure what chocolate your sweetie likes? Here’s a conversation starting checklist so you can please her on Valentine’s Day.
Cheery Cherry Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
All the good things in life: Oats, brown sugar and butter, with bright pops of cherry and melting not-quite-bitter dark chocolate. Plus a short treatise on vanillin. Ad free site.
A Yank’s Opinion of Ireland’s Crisps
I donned the mantle of science and tasted the most common crisps of the Emerald Isle. This is my evaluation, which nobody asked for. Plus, I’m quite sure that the Irish couldn’t give a rusty nail about what a Yank thinks on the subject.
Songlist – Getting My Resolutions On
Artists record the times. Right now it’s songs that spur my resolve for the year about to land on us all. Songs that show these times are not new.
A Fowl Mood (That Turkey Brine Thing We Do)
We love brined turkey. The leftovers keep longer. Gravy and bone broths are amazing. Our brine recipe is adapted from Alton Brown and Chez Panisse. Ad-free site.
Reblog: The Magic Flourish at Dinner
Why did I put a souffle recipe in Making Up for Lost Time?
Reblog: Fun Fact: Karin Kallmaker
The pretty. So pretty.
Embrace Your Superpower
I was enjoying the great outdoors at the mall, like you do, and had the opportunity to wield my Superpower. Not the writing one, the other one.
Casting the First Tweet – Why Someone Else’s Gender Is Not About Me
My brain-churning, stomach-twisting questioning presumed that I knew all there was to know about what it’s like to be a woman in this world. And I don’t.