On New Year’s Day I had one last chance to pick from my friend’s lemon tree. It was great, and I brought home 30+ pounds of amazing fresh lemons. That’s a lot of lemons! But y’all know about my life-long love affair with this favorite fruit....
I was reading a nutrition article in the New York Times the other day, and it made the same mistake as so much of such writing: it referred to veggie recommendation in terms of “servings” per day, a term that gives zero guidance for actual people. How much...
There’s an Indian-spiced winter squash dish that’s heavy in my rotation right now, and it’s making me so happy and also all kinds of nostalgic. how it started When I first moved to Oregon 30 years ago, neither my partner nor I were very good at cooking. It was all...
Rule zero: There are no rules beyond those of physics: If you heat it too much, it will burn. Conversely, if you don’t heat it enough it may crack your teeth. And that would hurt. 1. Eat a robust breakfast: Enough protein and fat at breakfast means you won’t be hungry...
