Consolation Carrot Soup

Today I prepared my taxes. It filled me with unhappiness and anxiety, but it wasn’t as unhappiness-making and anxiety-inducing as it seemed ...

Less Young, More Cake

The first time I went to Fire Island was with my then-boyfriend six or seven years ago. We left Brooklyn early, taking the LIRR to a shuttle...

Restlessness Linguini

Tonight I was walking home from work feeling anxious in a familiar way—lonely that seemed like restless, or vice versa—caused by the problem...

Reasons for Dessert

I rarely need one, but if I do, I can think one up. A good reason for dessert right now is that it's January 2013 and the first week of ...

2012: "Bye! See ya! Bye! See ya!"*

My favorite part of 2012 was the New York City Marathon. It never happened, of course—I’ll do it next year instead—but building up the dista...

How to Cook When You Just Want to Be Fed

It requires some resolve, because no matter where you live there’s probably the option to get tacos or pizza or a hot dog rather than cook d...

Choice Difficulties

Saturday I rolled out of bed later than usual, went along with my routine visit to the farmer’s market, and then languidly prepared for my w...