One day in March — six loaves of bread showed up. It was weird. Disorienting. But I didn't know then what I know now. Or perhaps I was in denial.
Read MoreThe shitty first new york apartment is meant to be a brief period: lived, outgrown, forgotten and remembered only with shudders, years later in your mid-30s, as you marvel at the low standards of your younger self.
Read MoreIf you want to protect yourself from killer spices, you should probably resist the urge to buy loose packed spices, especially in foreign countries.
Read MoreWhen I heard about a “Sugar Shack in the woods” 45 minutes outside of Montreal serving up French-Canadian delicacies, I jumped at the opportunity to make a trip out of it.
Read MoreAmassing vintage cookbooks is the cheapest way to time-travel. The “rules” of every decade are informal and mutable, but it is possible to perceive them if you have a big enough sample size of cookbooks.
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