A thousand cranes are said to bring good luck, grant a wish and/or otherwise give good ju-ju. For our wedding we folded 1,000 red, orange and yellow cranes. When I say we, I mean mostly me, my mom and my aunties. On my lunch breaks at work, I sat in the breakroom, folding, folding, folding. …
There’s a critical step that often gets missed in this whole reading food blogs thing.
Observe:
Step 1: Ooh, I really want to make something with potatoes.
Step 2: Google potato recipes
Step 3: Scroll past the text and ogle hasselbeck potatoes, stuffed potato skins, potato salad, tater tots, hash browns, etc.
Step 4: Read recipes
Step 5: Possibly comment “Ooh, looks yummy.” Alternatively, pin recipes to your “Yummy Potatoes” Pinterest board.
Step 6: The End.
What’s missing here?
It’s the first Monday in the new year. Gyms will be packed, kale will be in short supply and you’ll be able to get a drink at your favorite bar as everyone is trading gin for juice (mean green, that is). Look, we all should have eaten fewer M&Ms and had one less hot toddy,…
Before we moved to the Pacific Northwest, Wolf told me repeatedly, “Ehhhh, it never snows in Seattle.” Since we’ve lived here, it has snowed every winter. And while I have never let him off the hook for that claim, it’s beautiful when it snows here. I prefer it to the rain, even though no one…
Before we get to Christmas, there's one more week(end) of football. On Sunday, the Seahawks will take on the Arizona Cardinals for the second time this season. The Monday night game is Falcons at Niners. Whoever you're rooting for, you'll want to throw some chicken into the slow cooker for these Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches. The…
You can tell it's winter by the number of bowls in our dishwasher. Oatmeal in the morning, soup for dinner. Over the last few weeks, it's been a regular soup smorgasbord around here. We've had lentil soup, pho, turkey soup, and chili. A couple of weeks ago, my friend Nicole texted me looking for a…
Sometimes you just have to do a little something for yourself. My birthday was on a Monday this year, so I didn't take it as a day off. Instead, I thought about getting myself cupcakes or a dozen donuts, but then decided to make myself an apple galette with the Arkansas Black apples I had rolling around the produce drawer. Is that the practical side of adulthood?
It's the day after Thanksgiving. You just had a turkey sandwich with a few slices of apple and a schmear of cranberry, but there's still a lot left. Why is it that of all the Thanksgiving side dishes, it's the cranberry that hangs around for days? Whether it's brandied cranberries, a basic homemade cranberry sauce or the one from a can, it's always the last to go. This year, I've got an idea for you. Cranberry Black Pepper Sweet Rolls.
Thanksgiving really takes care of itself, doesn’t it? The meal itself is so steeped in tradition that you’re not really changing much, are you? Maybe you’ll have roasted Brussels sprouts this year instead of green beans. Maybe you’ll make apple pie in addition to pumpkin, but fundamentally, it’s the meal you grew up with. The…