Author: Christiana George

September 8, 2021

I got my teeth whitened earlier this week. It was free, so I should’ve known better. Besides the fact that…

September 8, 2021

I’ve been testing out a couple Thanksgiving recipes (my contributions to Thursday’s dinner) and was floored by this brussels sprouts…

September 8, 2021

A thunderstorm last night sent the Family-Across-the-Street-that-Conducts-All-Its-Business-on-Its-Front-Stoop scuttling indoors. And I woke up this morning with a need—no, scratch that—a…

September 8, 2021

We recently sorted out that we’re hosting Thanksgiving this year. Nothing big, just some friends over for a small gathering,…

September 8, 2021

Maybe it was because I felt like jumping ahead into fall when I picked up a couple pounds of Clapp…

September 8, 2021

On Saturday, when the sky was all kinds of bruised, I hurried to the Meatpacking District to attend a fashion…

September 8, 2021

What kind of cake do you bake for a friend who doesn’t like cake? Or dessert for that matter? She’s…

August 19, 2021

Under Elisabeth Prueitt’s tutelage, I feel invincible. She’s the co-founder of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, head pastry chef, and, purveyor of…

August 19, 2021

The smell of buckwheat flour is anything but sweet. It’s pungent, it’s herbal, it’s almost medicinal. And it tastes grassy.…

August 19, 2021

First, a confession: this frittata was merely a convenient way for me to consume my latest discovery, lamb’s quarters. I…