Roots and Grubs

If you have a good recipe for blintzes… and a good recipe for rhubarb compote… you might want to serve the latter on the former. Scratch that, I know you want to.

I can’t wait to tell you all about it. But I will wait, because I am so jetlagged that I awoke from my nap convinced that we were having a major earthquake, but it was just my head sloshing. A few things I miss about Japan already: Convenience store rice balls. In fact, Japanese convenience […]

How much do you enjoy planning for a vacation when compared to the actual vacation? If you’re typical, according to a study reported in the New York Times, the anticipation is better than the actual trip: The study, published in the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life, showed that the largest boost in happiness […]

Iris and I do a Mad Libs desk calendar every morning. This morning’s installment was especially food-related: VACATION WANT ADS Do you need a house sitter? While you are frying around the country, who is looking after your furry house? Burglars could steal your biscuits. Who will feed your pet lion? We will unwittingly take […]

If you’re not interested in audio, I promise not to flog my new project too often. But wow, the response to Spilled Milk has been insane. Either I am as great as I think I am, or I teamed up with the world’s most popular food blogger. In any case, check this out: Those are […]