So, I started to write, here on the blog. Really write, as opposed to the kind of filler content the internet overlords like recipe bloggers to trot out. I wasn’t sure what would come out when I started. But I’ve promised myself that I will keep looking inside & letting my self go where my […]
I’ve carried a single photo of my mother & I to every place I’ve ever lived for the last 20-plus years, but I’ve never really looked at it. I’d tuck the blurred image – me, squinty & self-assured despite the fact that my pink-buttoned dress likely hides a diaper; her, focused on the camera, the […]
I flip my face to the other side of a too-thin pillow, a smushed pancake of sleep resting on the crook of the elbow I’m using to hold my head aloft. My hand is, predictably, numb. But that’s not what woke me. Tilting my head, I search for voices, either raised & unrepentant or muffled […]
Some things are just not about looks. And Shepherd’s Pie is one of those things. When this Irish Shepherd’s Pie came out of the oven, those bubbly edges and almost-charred snaggles on top, along with the smatter of spatters along the edges almost made me want to skip photographing it altogether. Which got me thinking: […]
I eat a savory breakfast like this sausage plantain hash almost every single day, but I’ve realized that I don’t tend to share them here. Mostly because breakfast is the meal I like to enjoy quietly and, quite often, on repeat. Usually I stick to soups with extra bits and bobs from the fridge. It’s […]
When I say crispy brussels sprouts, I’m really talking about the kind of restaurant-style sprouts that have hung out in the heat to the point of straddling both sides of the “burnt” and “perfect” dividing line. You know what I’m talking about. I almost called these charred brussels sprouts, because the depth of color and […]
