what we mean when we say that we’re living in a patriarchy
(Before we get into it: I am feeling 20,000 leagues better. Thanks for all your concern, good energies and sweetnesses! I truly think that internet venting…
a perfect day for NOTHING (well, a nice NYC dinner will help, maybe)
Argh ugh. If Nader and Chomsky die soon there will officially be no good white dudes left. (Except mine.) I have four posts percolating away for…
ugh meh ick bleg blah
Is it possible to miss yourself? Dudicals, I’m in a funk. Work is kicking my ass, and I don’t want to subject you to it. Meh.…
fiction and food
I spent a good deal of time yesterday reading Jennifer Egan’s beautiful fiction in last week’s New Yorker. I read it at the beach while Jacob…
lentils and rice (mujaddara), but, like, not the shitty health food hippie kind, and also: KOSHARI!
I’m just gonna tell you right now that I’ve had two glasses of wine, and that is about all I can ever handle before I start…
my chili (officially the best)
OK, so. Two people recently asked me for two recipes, so here they are. Today: chili. Tomorrow: mujadara!!! After this I might be a bit quiet…
onion rings and four other things
The salad mix we’ve been getting at the Kapa’a farmer’s market has freaking ROSE PETALS in it! And flowering herbs and all kinds of gorgeousness. It’s…
Can chocolate ever be considered ethical? (Part two)
Hmm. As I was thinking about global poverty and the developed/undeveloped [crappy terms, I know] schism, the earth opened up and a literal schism was created,…
Can chocolate ever be considered ethical? (Part one)
Peeps. Here’s a tip: don’t read super depressing books on vacation. Maybe everyone knows this but me, but I never get time to really tear through…
endlessly adaptable Vegetable Phyllo Triangles with Dijon Mustard-Lentil Sauce
Here’s the other phyllo recipe I lean heavily on that I mentioned below. I’m going to give you the basic template, then you can find your…
