Kat, I made you a podcast (song details are at the bottom of this post) that is almost as random as the music I played during that rambling road trip we took across the country last spring. You always teach me about music, but I’m hoping maybe the Sin Fang Bous is new to you. [...]

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This week, we make tomato soup. Yes, soup for you. And let’s reclaim American cheese in this moment too, shall we? Recipe: 2 ripe, red tomatoes (or half a 28 oz. can) + 2 white shallots all cut into 1/2 inch pieces, spread on parchment paper on a baking sheet and tossed with 1 tbsp [...]

On Friday, I marveled at the green, green campus of the University of Miami on my way to a lunch session of Beyond Bootcamp, an intensive media training camp for journalists at the School of Communication. UM looks slightly different from the environs of the University of Virginia, especially at this time of year, and [...]

My sister Kat and I are reading at least one book every month in 2009 together. Next month: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Join us– The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank My review rating: 3 of 5 stars If nothing else, former lovers should give good fodder for brunch conversations. Laughter (and mimosas and cosmopolitans) mitigates [...]

I woke yesterday morning to find new flowers blooming all around my Magic Cottage. I’ve decided these flowers indicate the time of year when Miami food comes into its own. Driving into Coral Gables, I picked up my weekly CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box from Bee Heaven Farms; the fresh greens that smelled of earth, [...]