If I had to encapsulate my academic aspirations into a single image, it would be the memory of sitting around the coffee table in the economics department lounge at Carleton, eating my professor’s homemade scones, drinking tea, and debating applied philosophy with professors and students. Read More
Month: October 2019
Virtuous “clean” eating is the same as the Instagram aesthetic
Let me rant at you about a 10-month old podcast episode. Read More
Intermittent Fasting – Health, religion, and individualism in the modern wellness brand
We need to talk about intermittent fasting. Read More
The best ever spinach pie has a lot more than just spinach in it
The problem with spanakopita is that it’s a large, flavorless lump of cooked spinach in a soggy phyllo crust … can you tell I really don’t like it? Read More
Jane Brody’s Butternut Squash Soup – Simple cold-weather comfort
As far as I’m concerned, there are two ways to make vegetable soups. Read More
Use a whisk to easily remove pumpkin seeds
It’s winter squash season, which means it’s finally seasonally relevant to share my trick – hack, if you will – for cleanly and easily removing seeds from pumpkins, butternut squash, kabocha, and all other manner of hard-sided gourds. Read More
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