I've been using my underdeveloped photography skills as a recent excuse for not blogging. I'll make a new recipe I just love or twea...

I've been in a lunch rut lately. Until this week, I had nearly the same thing for lunch. Every day. Since August. And many dinners too...

It's a new year.  2014.  I often think of the new year as a time for updates. A time for fine-tuning what's already in...

I'll admit it. I enjoy watching reality cooking TV. Maybe a little bit too much. There's something totally entertaining about w...

A student told me today he had four brothers and another one on the way. I looked at him and said, "That's half a year of entri...

Like a blank artist's canvas, I love the transformative potential of tofu. You can coat it in any spices, and it takes on that flavor...

Rough gems. That's how Ralph Fletcher, a fabulous teacher of teachers and young writers, described rough drafts. Isn't that ...