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Beach reading for the sustainable food set
My latest piece on Grist.org went up today! For this one, I collaborated with Grist food editor Twilight Greenaway. I’m a big fan of her reporting work and editing style, so this was a great honor....
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My guest spot on The Thinkingest
When fellow writer Bill Lascher invited me to appear on his podcast, The Thinkingest, I took one look at the title and knew I’d found a home. Our conversation, largely about overthinking food, just...
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Recent publications: Something from nothing
Two stories on two rather different topics appeared in two divergent publications this week. One thing they have in common is that I wrote them. They both, I realized, also carry the theme of making...
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Kids’ Poetry Contest spotlight: “Everybody Knows About Carrots”
This year, I had the pleasure of launching the DC State Fair Kids’ Poetry Contest. With help from the organization Kid Power DC, submissions rolled in from pint-sized poets living all over the...
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Eating in for 31 days in ’13
Photo by Flickr user bencarr When the clock strikes 2013, I will embark on a month of eating in. No sit-down restaurants, no takeout, no Starbucks. I figured it’s time. I’ve worked to demystify home...
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Fourth day [eating] in
Today marks my fourth day into a 31-day challenge to eat in. I have two pieces of good news: First, I survived two days of solid travel without buying any food and second, The Jew and the Carrot will...
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Eating in goes off site
Photo by Flickr user mingusmutter The Jew and the Carrot just published an account of my progress through my food challenge. Check out “Eating in for 31 days.”
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Growing your own grain
At the halfway point of my month of eating in, I’ve been thinking about the second-century Jewish scholar Achai ben Josiah. Achai compared someone who buys grain rather than growing their own to an...
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Eating in Part II, in which our heroine faces an ancient scholar and fish...
My second post on my 31 days of eating in is up at The Jew and the Carrot. Check it out.
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How I survived eating in for an entire month
A sign at a D.C. Metro station tells me what to do. By Rhea. …that’s the title of my final post in a series at The Jew and the Carrot. It sounds dramatic, but to be honest I wasn’t crawling to the...
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Five tips for launching an urban garden
My community garden plot in D.C. does its thing last October. Photo by Rhea. Lately, it seems everyone is trying to start an urban community garden. It also seems I have a knack for stumbling upon...
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Sepharaeli Charoset
Photo by Flickr user Yucca2k6, used under Creative Common license. For a Passover seder last week, I was charged with bringing the charoset. I decided to make a batch in the Sephardi style with Israeli...
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Pollan’s epiphany, community, and seedling swaps
Last month, Michael Pollan released his seventh food book, Cooked, and I wrote about it for The Jewish Daily Forward. The book is based on the epiphany that many of his tortured foodie questions had...
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Not coming to a trash can near you
Photo by Flickr user Diana House What happens to the scraps from 25,000 pounds of meat at Katz’s Deli each week? Here’s a hint: It’s the same thing that’s about to happen to all New Yorkers’ vegetable...
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Gaining Ground covers new territory
I recently had a new literary experience. Usually, both fiction and nonfiction touch on familiar emotions and universal struggles—even if the actual milieu is alien to me. Take, for example, Elissa...
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Snow Day Salsa
Returning to my food writing roots, I offer you this recipe. Snow Day Salsa You may find yourself at home on a snowy day, with work canceled and your tummy hankering for a warming breakfast of huevos...
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Free Range on Food, with yours truly
The table is set for an online chat about food and maybe even my own recipes and writing on Wednesday, April 9. Pictured here are Karaite-style matzah and a green take on maror. Friends, I’m pleased to...
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New food writing: “Passover, with a strictly biblical flavor”
I’m pleased to share my article “Passover, with a strictly biblical flavor,” my first piece in the Washington Post Food section. I hope you enjoy it! As I mentioned before, you can also catch me...
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Morning Bread
In the previous post, I shared some of my experience cooking for 40+ acrobats. Though the menu board in the dining room listed details of only our lunches and dinners, the breakfasts were also...
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Publication: Morsels on Morse in The Washington Post
This sign inspired the lede of my article. Photo by moi. My article in this week’s Washington Post Food section opens: A sign on the door of Best Kitchen Supply on Morse Street NE asks patrons to press...
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