Find the Monthly Menu, Recommends, the Desk Book Club, Salon Series,
Recipes, and Lectures—all through this page.
Every month, I blog what I've been eating, cooking, and drinking—with recipe links, cookbook suggestions, and restaurant commentary.
The monthly blog of reading, listening, watching, and viewing—always with a playlist and extra commentary.
Each month, we read a different work of food-related nonfiction, fiction, history, or recipes. We have live Zoom discussions for each.
Collective conversations with authors, editors, and other culture workers.
Browse my archive of plant-based recipes.
These are talks I've given or the lectures from classes I've taught.
One-on-one conversations—from my archives, and with new ones to come.
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