Carrie Saum

Occasionally, I get confused about the line between cooking and crafting. Spring rolls are in that category. I give myself a pass, though, because even if they look a mess, they taste legit. They also walk that really gorgeous line between being indulgent, healthy, and fun. That just so happens to be my favorite line when it comes to food… and probably sex.

Bitter Buddy Mix is a take on an old familiar recipe of rice cereal mixed with chocolate and peanut butter, then coated with powdered sugar.

Okay, so the world feels like it’s ending. I know it does because I have facebook and I read the news and I’m on this planet.

My BFF has been trying to go easy on the grains lately.

Breakfast is my most favorite meal to eat and least favorite to prepare.

If you grew up in a typical Christmas tradition, you probably had the same dinner at Thanksgiving and at Christmas.

You feel it. The change.

Tamago kake gohan is made with hot sushi rice, an egg, soy sauce, and good dash of furikake (a traditional seaweed and sesame rice seasoning). It is comforting, filling, entirely satisfying, and stays with you for several hours. This is great fuel for a school day, a sick day, or a day spent hiking — or marathoning Project Runway.

Charcuterie. Have you heard of it?

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