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Hungry for Words Food Writing Boot Camp in Washington, D.C. March 21-22

I’ve partnered with acclaimed independent bookstore Politics & Prose and The Writer’s Center in D.C. to offer my weekend-long introduction to food writing camp on March 21-22, 2015. Known as “Hungry for Words,” this workshop covers a lot of ground in two jam-packed days. We start with a brief look into the history of food […]

Recipe: Easy Thai Curry

Thai curry sounds exotic and complicated, but in truth it’s a quick meal for which you can keep the bulk of ingredients in your pantry or freezer, plus it’s a great option for using up leftovers. If you can’t find it in your supermarket, you can order a variety of curries online for under $12. Vary […]

Recipe: Easy Weeknight Thai Curry

Thai curry sounds exotic and complicated, but in truth it’s a quick meal for which you can keep the bulk of ingredients in your pantry or freezer, plus it’s a great option for using up leftovers. Vary up the main protein and vegetables based on what’s in your fridge. The basic formula calls for one pound […]

Recipe: Easy Peppermint Bark

A confession: I don’t like chocolate. I don’t loathe it, I just don’t love it. This news always takes people by surprise. Somehow by the mere fact of my gender, it’s assumed that I must immediately be in love with all things dark and sweet. Taste can be so highly individualized, and pesky in nature. Give […]

Fearless Holiday Cooking: Tips from the Pros

Thanksgiving Day Tips 20. Make punch“For big gatherings, I like to make punch with a twist,” said Monica Bhide, author of Modern Spice and the blog A Life of Spice. “That way people can help themselves and you are not tied to your bar doling out specialty cocktails to a large crowd.” 21. Know the turkey to take longer […]

Recipe: Mom’s Cranberry Nut Bread

Gently warmed and slathered with butter, this bread tastes like Christmas morning to me. My mother has made this bread every Christmas for the past several years. She doesn’t remember where the recipe came from, just that she remembered her own grandmother making breads with dried fruit around the holidays. When she noticed cranberries on […]

Recipe: Mom’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

When I was seven, I dressed up as a cowgirl and traveled the neighborhood to hand out cookies to strangers. We’d just moved to a small bit of cul de sac away from the farm we’d lived on for more than a decade. I don’t know what possessed me to do such a thing. In […]

Me in November: Sarasota & Anna Maria Island

At one time in my life, I wrote obituaries by day and performed stand-up comedy at night. Some people might not find the connection between the two. As an author, I’ve spent a lot of time navigating that space connecting laughter and tears.  As I pull in the home stretch of my 2014 autumn book […]

Politics & Prose Dinner in Washington, D.C.

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be doing a fun over-dinner writing discussion at Buck’s next to the famed bookstore Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Oct. 27th.  When I decided to tackle her culinary roots in her my book, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good, I thought that I knew a lot about my […]

The Relative Value of Stuff (Giveaway)

In my 20s, I edited a print magazine about the online world titled Internet Underground. It launched in 1995, a time when newscasters would cite web addresses by slowly spelling out, “Go to h-t-t-p-colon-back slash-back-slash-w-w-w-dot-company-dot-com-backslash-information-blackslash…” and painfully over-pronounce the “ts” in Internet. The final step in my editorial hiring process was simple: if you could figure […]