A new podcast to vanquish the vague, unsettled feeling many of us have in this moment. Song list below—some fanciful, others subtly subversive, I’ve ordered these to work through whispers that have echoed in nearby chambers in recent days.

A note of caution: this is darker fare toward the end than usual for kthread. [...]

I was tagged for this by a few people I care about, so I’m sharing these here and on Facebook. —– 1. I kindly request, if you eat canned tuna in spring water, that you switch to oil in 2009. 2. There are 92,000 miles on my car. I intend to drive it another 100,000 [...]

On Wednesday, I was in New York for about seven hours (it’s a nice day trip from Miami), warming my hands with cider from the Union Square Market and later, sipping hot chocolate with my friend Adnaan (pictures and video of both below). Adnaan and I talked about cities and travel, prompting me to pull [...]

Today, kthread.com turns three. As is tradition (from her first and second birthday celebrations), I’ve given her gifts: a new verb menu above with a few new pages and a greener header image. More presents to come later in the year. Thank you for this incredible year of gifts–your comments, your support of the kthread [...]

I like Alice Waters best for writing in The Art of Simple Food how she glories in the daily picking, washing, tossing, and dressing of a salad that she then eats with her hands (I do too—more on that another time). As bizarre as it is to be in the prime of a growing season [...]