Category: Inspiration

The Inspiration of Andrea Scher, Superhero

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I knew Andrea Scher’s blog, Superhero Journal, long before I knew her as a person. Years ago I stumbled onto her site and fell under the sway of her writing and was touched by her wisdom and spirit. In short posts, always accompanied by a beautiful photograph, she wrote about… Read More

The Inspiration of Rachel Cole

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If you are lucky, a few times in your life you will cross paths with someone who has real wisdom. These people have the ability to cut through clutter and point out things you hadn’t noticed, so you walk away from the conversation seeing things in a new way. My… Read More

Passion

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I haven’t seen much of my friend Anne the past year or two. She’s been keeping busy in a kitchen, though not the one in her house. Anne’s been in culinary school. I occasionally see updates on Facebook, how she has homework researching spices. Researching spices. These reports are always… Read More

All Things Intriguing

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As I sit down to write this, I realize it was about this time of night six years ago—late in the evening of New Year’s Day, 2006—when I tiptoed out onto the internet and decided to start a food blog. I was sick that New Year’s, I had been for… Read More