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Since I was a kid, my dad, sister, and I have had a running joke that every year on his birthday, Dad takes a magical pill. As a result, each year, he miraculously turns the age of twelve. Never thirteen. Certainly not twenty. It’s one of our family legends, along with tales like the phone number [...] Who likes hummus? My sister and I have often discussed that everything pairs well with hummus. It’s good with vegetables. It’s good with fruit. It’s good with bread. It’s good with a spoon. I’m not kidding on that last one. I could happily dip my spoon into the hummus container and eat it plain. If you break down [...] For a long time, I believed that as a woman, I was wrong to enjoy food. Though I learned to embrace my other interests, many of which my peers didn’t share [try finding a nineteen year old who wants to go to the theater on a Friday night], the joy of food was one over [...] I’ve got my mojo back. on a bed of kale and amaranth: sauteed onion, broccoli, and chickpeas, drenched in pumpkin-tahini sauce. Goodbye rut of boredom, hello stovetop fun. perfectly complete salad to-go: french lentils, brown rice, soaked arame, carrot, broccoli, cashews, miso, agave, rice vinegar. As I was adjusting to the changes in my life, [...] I’ve always found the first few weeks of the year to be the grayest of times. Sunlight is scarce; cloud cover is heavy; temperatures are depressing. I’m constantly covered head to toe with a warm black coat and knee-high boots, and the only splash of visible color comes from my frozen, yet rosy, cheeks. However, while [...] |
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