The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” Mary Oliver I always like to start the year with Mary Oliver and this quote has been haunting […]
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever. Anthony Doerr, All The Light We Cannot See Spring is here with all of its unpredictable and sometimes heartbreaking weather. I struggle to embrace the changes and have taken to drinking ginger lemon tea, an ayurvedic […]
CHICKPEA TO COOK A chickpea leaps almost over the rim of the pot where it is being boiled. Why are you doing this to me? The cook knocks him down with the ladle. Don’t try to jump out.You think I’m torturing you.I’m giving you flavor,So you can mix with spices […]
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them both a pleasure as well as a necessity. Voltaire Ten days after my first infusion of chemotherapy, I completely lost my sense of taste. Sweet, salty, acidic, bitter.. all gone. A pinch of salt or […]
A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace. David Steindl-Rast The crocuses are planted as close as possible to the door so as to be sure not to miss the blooming of […]
“If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.” Matt Haig These early warm days make me want to eat strawberries and snap peas. Every year it feels like such a long wait until that June day when I can smell the strawberries as […]
WhyJust show you God’s menu?Hell, we are allStarvingLet’sEat! Hafiz This is one of my favorite meals. I make some version of this dish nearly every week. It is warming and nourishing any time of the year without being heavy at all. It is very flexible – you can swap out […]
“A seed neither fears light nor darkness, but uses both to grow.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo Six weeks after moving into a new house with 12 gorgeous raised beds in the backyard and the kind of workshop kitchen I’d always dreamed of, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was standing in […]