There are a whole slew of services and products geared at the last minute lifestyle. You know those people who are always buying their Christmas g...
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Serves four For the salad: 1 head of iceberg lettuce, quartered or cut into eights (depending on size) 1 tablespoon of roughly chopped peca...
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I'm turning 30 in a few short weeks. A nice number. If feels heavy, but in a good way. Like a quality watch, or a cutting board made of real wood....
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My first Christmas in America was a confusing one at best. Coming from Russia (by way of Israel) where we had a New Year’s tree and a fellow nam...
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I don't talk much about it here, but when I was quite small, I lived in Israel for almost two years. It was there that my pale Russian skin receiv...
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I read this post by Erin Loechner, who writes the blog Design for Mankind, last week and have been thinking about it ever since. When I first star...
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A few weeks ago, I was listening to NPR in my car, as I often do. In between world news and the circus that is a presidential election year, came ...
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I distinctly remember when smoothies became a presence in my life. It was in high school, when the first Jamba Juice opened in a strip mall near m...
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Serves four 2 cups of fresh brewed, hot coffee 1/3 cup of sugar 6 mint leaves For the whipped cream: 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream 1...
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Serves four 3-4 large tomatoes, sliced into eighths 3 Persian cucumbers, sliced into 1⁄4 inch rounds 1/4 teaspoon of ground coriander 3/4 t...
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Somehow, I’ve managed to avoid all conversations related to snowmaggedons, polar vortexes, and solar vortexes. And yet, I could feel it coming. Th...
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I turned 29 this weekend, and it still feels weird to say that. I'm not sure when it happens, but sometime in your twenties, you start forgetting ...