Archive for: April 2011

Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day

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If I could name one person whose style of cooking feels most comfortable and comforting to me, I think it would be Heidi Swanson, creator of the recipe journal blog 101 Cookbooks. If I could name one person whose style of cooking greatly inspires me, it would also be Heidi… Read More

My Ten-Minute Lunches

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I recently confessed my abject terror of having to make school lunches every day, but the fact is I quite like making my own lunch. I work at home, but even when I didn’t, I was pretty good about packing myself a tasty and healthful lunch to go. One job… Read More

Stalking Wonder: The Apple Orchard

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I’ve just spent two weeks at a writers’ residency, which I will tell you more about soon, but let me just say that being in a place where your only obligation is to write, and where someone else makes your dinner, is quite an experience. I don’t think I’ve ever… Read More

On Writing

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Over the past few months, I’ve received a number of emails asking if I would do a post about my writing process. I’ve resisted the idea, because it seems so me-me-me, but the requests continue to come. Because I am spending part of this month at a writing residency, doing… Read More

Sabzi Polo and Persian New Year

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I’m not sure if past lives really exist, but if they do, I think I might have once been Persian. I have no other explanation for how some Persian things just seem right to me—the flavors of the food, the endless cups of tea, and especially Persian New Year. Persian… Read More