Ten Years on Facebook, and Everything I Feared About It Is True
Facebook is Narcissism in its Purest and Greatest Form. That’s how I felt about Facebook when I first (reluctantly) joined, 10 years ago this month. That’s also the name of […]
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Culinary historian Laura Shapiro headlines Women & Food Symposium on January 18
Oh, buddy. I can’t tell you how excited I am to share here that next month, UT’s Food Lab is hosting a Women & Food Symposium that will feature Laura […]
Lily Allen and Special K get us thinking critically about body image
Two videos to get you thinking about body image this week. The first is Lily Allen’s latest video for her super catchy single “Hard Out Here,” which came out weeks […]
RIP, Penelope Casas, who introduced America to tapas, not topless, bars
From the NYT: Spanish food author Penelope Casas dies at 70. “People thought of Spanish cuisine as spicy, full of rice dishes,” her daughter said. “They had no real sense […]
When family life is too much, hit the mommy conference, minibar
From this week’s Wall Street Journal, a “story” about mommy bloggers who hate their home lives so much that they just can’t wait to get away and hang with their […]
Honey Nut Cheerios, chocolate milk and Harper High
What kind of a difference can a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and chocolate milk make in the life of a troubled young kid? A lot, it turns out. I’m […]
Why Texas Monthly gets it wrong with new Dixie Chicks cover
This post is a hard one to write because I respect and adore both Pat Sharpe, the longtime food editor at Texas Monthly with whom I interned before I started […]
