Category Archives: Food
So What Do You Do Exactly: Code Edition
Meet Jess. Jess is latest subject of my ongoing series, So What Do You Do Exactly? Jess is the only female developer at food megasite GrubHub, where she heads up a team called something I didn’t understand until after I finished this interview: … Continue reading
Couscous + Fruit
I don’t do a lot of recipe posts because, well, this isn’t Pinterest, okay? But today, the thing I’m most excited to talk about happens to be the couscous fruit salad I made for a potluck, so this is what … Continue reading
So What Do You Do Exactly? Beer Edition
Launching a new series today, one inspired by Kim at The Greenery (who writes great profiles), and my friend Jon, who writes the daily newsletter The Daily Quinn and interviews his readers every Friday. My series is called “So What Do You … Continue reading
Friday at temple, for a change
Last Friday night, I did something unusual. I went to Shabbat services. I tend to avoid religious institutions whenever possible, and aside from a handful of Christmas pageants, bar mitzvahs, and the occasional wedding, I’m usually very successful. Our family’s … Continue reading
I Think Amy Poehler May Have Served Me Steak Fries
If you’re familiar with Stars Hollow then you pretty much know what my town looks like. If you’re not, Jesus, go watch some Gilmore. In all seriousness, Lexington, MA, was a lovely, quaint place to grow up. Within one block, … Continue reading
Mmmm… Delicious!
Alida at The Frenemy is doing a project, and we should all help her out. She’s collecting pictures of girls eating food. The point is to combat, in visual form, the association of dainty starvation with femininity. In her words, … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image, Food, Gender
Halloween Post-Mortem
My costume was a hit: At least, I thought it was a hit, and let’s be real, that’s all that matters. I wish the many hours I’d spent velcroing the pieces together had paid off with some clever interactive gamesmanship, … Continue reading
Good Stuff
I’ve had a particularly excellent week and tonight I’m heading to DC to see some people I really miss so my mood is sky freaking high. Here are three things that made me feel really awesome this week, in itemized … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Food, Hollywood, Media, Really Good Writing by Other People, Republished!, Uncategorized
Sunday Scraps 53
1. BEAUTY: One mom, Eleni Gage, writes about how she pierced her infant’s ears and wound up on the receiving end of a whole slew of comments ranging from “female genital mutilation!” to accusations of class warfare. 2. REDDIT: Pretty … Continue reading →
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