I am breaking up with meat. First, I thought maybe meat and I could just slow things down a bit and not see each other as often, but now I realize it’s just not working out. Still, it’s hard to let go. It’s been well over a year since I’ve started distancing myself, but I […]
I hated how, when I was a kid, being a vegetarian made me different. It wasn’t just that I couldn’t have the pepperoni pizza in the cafeteria; I couldn’t have Oreos, because my dad told me that the filling was just sugared lard. This, it turns out, was only partially true. I couldn’t eat Jell-O […]
Man, I wish I could be more like Debbie. She makes her own spelt pizza dough; I buy the pre-made Harris Teeter-brand dealie. She cooks exciting things that she just has laying around the house; I have to go on a grocery excursion. She’s finding inventive ways to cut carbs from her diet; I decide […]
When you cut out a food group as big as meat, people are always surprised when you don’t eat what they consider to be a non-meat staple. Luke is completely baffled by the fact that I don’t eat onions and peppers and is kind of surprised that I haven’t just dropped dead. I mean, after […]
As I was preparing to write this week’s Maki Clack, I realized that I’ve done you wrong, and for that, I apologize. How, oh how, could I have harassed you into embracing maki, making it at home, the easy way, with delightful and daring combinations, and not ever discussed how to serve it? My bad. […]
