A springtime feast for two that seems to break all the rules can still be a festive celebration of the holiday spirit.
Read MoreEastern Easter
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Head Lice: a Memory
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It turns out that having lice is not as bad as it seems—and reminiscing about the experience can be downright wonderful.
Read MoreFresh Pix
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A cross-section of some vibrant cross-sections I shot in my kitchen to illustrate an upcoming food essay for Magazyn Wino.
Read MoreAn Education
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It’s unclear who had the bigger job this time around: the one forced to do the writing or the one forced to do the forcing.
Read MoreFood Writer’s Status
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An update on essays published, about to be published, or about to be written, plus a few words on working with Magazyn Wino.
Read MoreMaking Millet Edible
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Foolproof instructions for making an amazing pot of steamed millet that boasts nutty toasted notes and a tooth-engaging chew.
Read MoreGrand Ending
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Days before the year’s close, another dismantling was on display. Here is my words-and-images record of this remarkable event.
Read MoreCream of Beet
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Filling yet light, this easy dish is both a fresh take on Polish holiday cooking and a case of warming all-purpose winter fare.
Read MoreCaptions for a Winter Scene
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A selection of captions inspired by a photograph of the view from our kitchen windows on a snow-topped Warsaw day.
Read MoreAn Advent Adventure
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Reflections on a tradition we adopted in 2015, which lights up the dark winter mornings with a steady uptake of jolly cheer.
Read MoreVexing Redux for Magazyn Wino
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An inquiry into how writing about the same thing in different languages really does amount to writing about different things.
Read MoreSubject: Not sending that email
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An open letter, pointedly unsent, urging everyone to minimize the amount of e-mail occupying inboxes, to-do-lists, and minds.
Read MoreRequiem
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On the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a sunset scene in Warsaw, Poland, is a symbolic comment on the tragedy.
Read MoreMushrooming: Level One
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Mushroom hunting is not a fringe discipline in Poland. It is a main event: purposeful, trance-inducing, and worthy of analysis.
Read MoreA Big Kid Now
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My son, Anker, caught at the perfect juncture between playing in the sand and having decidedly outgrown the sandbox.
Read MoreCrows on a Crane
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Outside our windows, a construction site roars to life at seven o’clock in the morning. But when evening comes, quiet falls.
Read MoreHalfway to Twelve
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A moonshot of an observation inspired by a shot of the moon captured on the evening of my son Anker’s sixth birthday.
Read MoreArticle Two in Magazyn Wino
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A hasty status on my food writing venture, overshadowed by an update on the mental state of one still living out of boxes.
Read MoreOn Letter Case in Logos and Names
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Some reasons for choosing grammatical capitalization format in writing—even when a brand has a non-standard name in its logo.
Read MoreA Jubilant Début
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I’m pleased to announce I’ve been invited to write about food for Poland’s premier wine culture bimonthly, Magazyn Wino.
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