It's always exciting to see my work in print, and to know that people out there can access it and will hopefully enjoy it, but for whatever reason, some publications just feel giddier than others. Maybe it's a special piece, maybe a special venue. Maybe it's a bit of both, as is the case with … Continue reading Sweet!
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Lay Your Hands on Kale
I met my husband through an online dating site, but before I found him (or he found me; we can't really remember at this point who found who), I had a small handful of dates with some guys who were, to varying degrees, just exactly wrong for me. The wrongest, though, was the guy who … Continue reading Lay Your Hands on Kale
On Your Kale!
When my son was two years old, and I was four months pregnant with my daughter, Paul and I traveled to Europe with his parents for a three week tour of their native Germany. It happened that our timing had us arrive right in the middle of something called Spargelfest--a yearly festival celebrating the much-anticipated harvest … Continue reading On Your Kale!
Olive You So Much
I invented pasta alla puttanesca. I swear I did. I remember fiddling around in my pantry one night in my mid twenties, hungry for something quick and delicious. I remember the can of black Colossal black olives--the kind you stick on your fingers as a kid and which taste faintly of metal and brine--the jar … Continue reading Olive You So Much
Sheila squillante 