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heirloom apple salad with sweet potato + blue cheese
Years ago we used to shout Merry Christmas from the rafters without apology. Along the way, the shouts were squashed to a timid murmur, and everyone now pantomimes Happy Holidays. I don’t actually...
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pizza paninis, red leaf salad, and a hand worth playing…
Those are the facts. Now I lie in the sun and play solitaire and listen to the sea (the sea is down the cliff but I am not allowed to swim, only on Sundays when we are accompanied) and watch a...
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the smallest disturbance alters the pattern of normal
This morning I woke, and everything was illuminated. It’s incredible what the luxury of time affords: clarity, perspective, humility. To realize your instinct is almost always right, and that the ties...
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risotto with greens + a decadent chocolate cake — it’s all virtuous!
The hardest part of telling people about the goodness in Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook is getting past the hot mess that is Gwyneth Paltrow and that rarified world of which she believes to be our...
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burrata, arugula + edamame salad
Words cannot express how much I LOVED this salad. Riding into the city, I flipped through the latest issue of Bon Appetit, and I felt the rapture coming. The original recipe calls for sugar snap peas,...
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a moveable feast: mango, avocados, greens + guac!
To say that every day I wake to a typhoon or a circus or something in between would be a grand understatement. The past few months have been exhilarating, thrilling, frightening and magical all at...
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delectable eats: joseph leonard, new york city
Chow at Joseph Leonard now. Preferably right now.
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pearl barley and baby kale, corn + sausage salad
I’m closing on my first week without my beloved noodle, and it appears as if I will survive. I’ve stocked my fridge with vegetables, fruit, and meats, and my pantry with beans and whole grains....
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green goddess salad with kale, pomegranate + roasted chickpeas
Perhaps I’m riding the high from yesterday’s euphoric slash agonizing workout, however, before I head out for another session (just call me a masochist), I decided to hoover a large bowl of kale. I...
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chicken + beef koftas with spinach, pomegranate, dill + cilantro salad
I love my friend Sarah, really love her. We met while working in book publishing, and bonded over the fact that our offices bookended an editor who believed life was lived by yelling on volume 10. We...
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chicken + chickpea green salad with creamy parsley dressing
Let me tell you about the morning I had. I woke, dragged myself to the shower–can we call a spade a spade and say I limped–to get ready for a spin class I couldn’t cancel, lest I be charged $20. The...
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lentil salad with mustard dressing + shopping my cookbooks
Getting rid of books is a painful process. It’ll take me months, sometimes years, to let go of a book I rationally know I no longer desire or need. While I’m able to discard clothing and household...
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I’ve got a brand new look + vegan chocolate mousse!
You might have noticed I’ve done a little sprucing around these parts. Well, that’s actually a lie–my dear friend Lorissa Shepstone (psst. hire her!) did all the heavy lifting while I sent emails...
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