…and they set that bar high. This recipe for homemade dinner rolls goes out to Joe and Kamala and to everybody who voted this year, regardless of… Read more “A voter, an ally, and a woman of color walk into a bar…”

Lots of grocery stores make their own fabulously-fantastic versions of freshly-assembled guacamole, BUT it’s just about always so much guac that you have to buy at once,… Read more “Better than Grocery Store Guacamole.”

Rice is one of the most universal foods you could possibly think of. Right now, someone is probably eating it, cooking it, shopping for it, growing it,… Read more “Everybody Cooks Rice.”

Gearing up for battle, I put on my mask before going inside the grocery store, the book store, the shoe store, the anything store. Masks scratch my… Read more “Pandemic Life, Pandemic Kitchen”

You’ve probably had unlimited, fresh, hot out of the oven breadsticks at a chain restaurant that’s totally not named after a brined food which secretly grows on… Read more “Kalamata Grove Breadsticks!”

This one goes out to Grandma Mimi and to my dad’s side of the family. Contains eggs, dairy, and gluten. And a side of nostalgia. I didn’t… Read more “Grandma and Alison Bake Marble Brownies!”

See, I think “social distancing” is not the best word choice. Look at it this way: When my sister and I were little, our family rarely ate… Read more “This is Bananas! pancakes and pandemic”

Up Next: Blueberry Pastry Pockets. Free from eggs, nuts, and soy. Contains dairy and gluten. This month, March 2020, has not turned out as expected. For basically… Read more “Ireland wins, but Krum catches the snitch.”

The way it was explained to me, the story of Purim, told in the Book of Esther, is a cautionary tale rather than a historical account. My… Read more “Two Queens of Feminism and a Cookie with Three Corners.”

It was time. In my heroic quest to add variety to my low-nickel diet, it was time to explore my options in pork. The only time someone… Read more “How to Cook Pork Chops in a Skillet!”