I’ve discovered the perfect end to a summer evening, dessert and aperitif all rolled into one. It’s homemade sorbet. With booze. I didn’t exactly invent the stuff–the idea came to me when I was writing about champagne sorbet for the July issue of Hemispheres–but I think I’m perfecting it. So far I’ve made peach-strawberry-tequila and […]
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Knitting for Your Neck (Summer Edition)
This was a post originally written for ReadyMade.com’s 30 Days of Creativity. But ReadyMade is no more (seriously sad news), so here it goes. I-cord necklace! As a knitter, there’s some expectation that I make things for people. I’m fine with the occasional baby hat or booties. They’re quick! But to be totally honest, there […]
My Great Goat Taco Experiment
First things first: These are not exactly tacos! They’re more like burritos but smaller (burrititos?) and open, not wrapped. Whatever. I made some goat, I made some yellow rice, and I made some refried beans from scratch. If you want to quibble about what this dish should be called, please do so in comments! It […]
The Fish Market: An Exploration
[Ed note: I feel like this may need a disclaimer that the title’s not a euphemism? Gross. Another disclaimer: graphic fish images ahead!] Part of my new life is that I can do things like go to the butcher and the fish market and the green grocer on an almost-daily basis. Except that I haven’t […]
Be It Ever So Humble
Exciting news, my reader-friends: I’ve created a proper home office/craft area. More exciting/panic-inducing is that this is where I’ll be spending my days from here on out. After three-and-a-half years in the inflight mag biz, I’m becoming an unattached woman. I’ll be freelancing and blogging from here on out (until some website will have me […]
Tote’s Adorbs
I almost quit sewing! But then I didn’t. And I wrote about it. Please don’t judge me by my book collection!
Stitch Please
At long last, I’m learning how to sew (Beatrice is helping). More exciting, I’m blogging about it on ReadyMade. I’m wicked excited, and you all should be too.
Hey, Look
Somehow forgot to put this up: another ReadyMade post! Read it and comment and love it forever please.
Heyulp!
That’s One Bad Yam Pajama-speak for help, and I need yours, ya freeloaders. Filed under awesome things that come across my desk (actually One Bad’s, I think) is a box of postcards of vintage Penguin Books covers. That’s just a small sampling. I have at least 100 of these. I also have a very bare […]
Chop Chop Chop It Up
This morning, my coworker Brooke sent out a link about her experience at a knife skills class, and I was wicked jealous. Knife skills are one of those basic cooking things that I always feel like I could be doing better but maybe can’t teach myself through trial and error or sheer instinct. I tend […]
