Tiny Things
This is Ruby, our new puppy. She’s tiny. This is Floof, my sister’s dog (my nephew), when he was a puppy. He was also tiny. He’s still tiny. This is Benji, my mom’s dog, a few months ago. Tiny. I bet everyone reading this went ‘aaaawwwww’. That’s because (a) my dogs are objectively the cutest… Continue reading Tiny Things
Cats, pineapples, and I
We recently adopted a cat. She’s an all-white elegantly dainty little thing with a pretty pink nose and large topaz eyes. She had been left behind when her previous owners emigrated (rude, but good for us). Zoë (her name) is a pure-bred Turkish Angora cat, who – as a kitten – would have cost upwards of… Continue reading Cats, pineapples, and I
The Profound Comfort of Food
When I fell at school and scraped open my knee my teacher gave me a Marie biscuit while she called my mom to come fetch me. After the events of 9/11, supermarkets and restaurants in New York reported a spike in mashed potato sales. When I graduated with my Master’s degree, we celebrated with pancakes… Continue reading The Profound Comfort of Food
In Defence of Brussels Sprouts
Of all the vegetables in existence, there is none so polarising as the brussels sprout. Brussels sprouts look like tiny cabbages, and are in the brassicas family along with (perhaps equally despised) broccoli and cauliflower. They are grown in abundance in the United States, having been brought over from Europe, where they were predominantly grown… Continue reading In Defence of Brussels Sprouts
The Ubiquity of Oat Biscuits
It was recently Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, which was brought to my attention by a surge in the number of Instagram posts prominently featuring oat biscuits. Anzac biscuits are eggless oat biscuits that were historically made by the wives of Australian and New Zealander (what’s the adjective?) soldiers fighting in World War I. This… Continue reading The Ubiquity of Oat Biscuits
Cardamom, Orange and White Chocolate Biscuits
There are some memes floating about on the internet that I take as a personal affront – just Google ‘cardamom meme’ to see what I’m talking about. Offending memes usually depict someone in pain with a caption indicating that the anguish has been caused by biting into a sneaky cardamom pod. This apparently irksome experience… Continue reading Cardamom, Orange and White Chocolate Biscuits
Greek Easter
As a child, Easter involved hunting for sickly-sweet Beacon marshmallow eggs and other pastel-coloured atrocities, which would inevitably sit uneaten in the pantry for months until my mom threw them away (to make space for the following year’s haul, duh). But for my sister and me (and obviously a few other children with Orthodox connections)… Continue reading Greek Easter
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