We eat a lot of pizza around here. By a lot, I mean at least once a week. Sometimes we go through long stretches of pizza-hunger, making it for dinner every two or three days. (For some reason, this happens most frequently in the summer, despite the heat of the oven.) I don’t lie when [...]

Last night for dinner we had a simple winter favorite: miso soup. The photo above is from a couple of weeks ago, but I make this soup for dinner frequently enough that I don’t feel too terrible about posting it now. (And the shots I took last night were sort of uninspired.)
Miso is easy to [...]

Carrie at Sommer Designs has started a little dinner challenge Flickr group. I’ve decided to participate, since just about the only thing creative I can do these days is whip up something tasty in the kitchen. It’s cold outside, and cooking keeps me warm.
Unfortunately, I’m not the best at sticking with recipes, which is [...]

It is some kind of terrible luck that now, just days before my thirtieth birthday, I am suddenly plagued by scores of pimples all over my face and a bad, bad head cold. I spent the entirety of my adolescence zit-free, and I’m starting to think that this is some kind of karmic revenge, though [...]

It’s a struggle for most working people to find the right balance between working hard at something you love and participating in the life you love. Owning my own business for the past two years has taught me that it’s even more crucial to strike that balance when your “office” is just steps away from [...]