I know we’re often fed up about all the food rules — eat this, don’t eat that, only eat that in relation to this, alternate all the thises and thatses to maximize the something elses… But in the last few weeks I’ve stumbled upon a new rule you...
Baby, it’s hot outside… Here are a few more ways you can use your freezer to help beat the heat. lemon cubes As I wrote earlier this spring, lemons have been my favorite fruit since I was a tiny baby. And I was lucky enough this spring to have a couple of...
Just before the once-in-a-thousand-years heatwave hit the Pacific Northwest, I wrote about beating the heat with a blender and a freezer. (And my beloved watermelon gazpacho recipe.) Today I want to talk a little more about the freezer half of that duo — before the...
For the past couple of weeks I’ve had a song from the musical, Oklahoma!, stuck in my mind. It’s a song I think I’ve only heard once, maybe twice. But it’s absolutely been on repeat on my internal playlist. In the show, it’s about finding commonalities between the...
As we move through the next stages of the pandemic — hopefully soon to some kind of new normal — one of the things many folks struggle with is getting their sleep back on track. The past year has given us lots of excuses reasons to lose sleep. It’s time to start...
