There’s a reason only two letters stand between ‘chilly’ and ‘chili.’ Chilly weather signals the start of chili weather. Around this time every year, when I hear the radiator click on and I wake up to see my dog snuggling up a little bit closer than usual, I know it’s time to take the big…
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Tomato Avocado Salad with Za’atar Croutons
Panzanella is to the salad of the summer as that new song with Billy Ray Cyrus is to the song of the summer. Nothing like a poignant analogy to get the weekend started, am I right? What I mean is this – once you hear that song, you can’t stop listening to it. Once you…
Enchiladas Rojas (White Girl Enchiladas)
Whenever you decide to move to a new city, people always ask aren’t you going to miss (fill in the blank.) Mexican food was the thing that most people were concerned about when I moved to New York. I grew up in the land of Tex Mex and mall hopping. My friends and I would…
Ancho Chicken Tortilla Soup
When you’re experiencing writer’s block, there’s really only one thing you can do – admit to yourself that you can’t be clever all the time, and then just write something. Write about your writer’s block if you have to. Okay, that’s more than one thing. Here are some other things that you can do: Accept that…