Grace & Benji

Oftentimes, it’s better to let someone else do the talking about the food. In this case, it’s Anthony Bourdain and he’s talking about the virtues of vichyssoise. I asked our patient British waiter what this delightfully cool, tasty liquid was. “Vichyssoise,” came the reply, a word that to this day—even though it’s now a tired old warhorse of a menu selection and one I’ve prepared thousands of times—still has a magical ring to it. —Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential In fact, it…

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     The first time I ever watched Charade, it was during a typhoon day in the Philippines. We were in the basement of the Baucks’ house, the place where we watched so many formative movies—Legally Blonde, all of the Star Wars movies, most likely You’ve Got Mail, anything else?—while we had the day off from school. Charade was scary enough for me as an 11-year old that all of the dead bodies they portrayed gave me a true fright,…

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I’ve been putting this post off for a while because it feels so out of character, and because I’m just a non-expert on all of this and am thusly hesitant to add my voice to the cybernoise. So here are some of the thoughts I was frantically trying to articulate in the audio diary ep this week: I live in a well-represented, privileged body, and I have no experience with eating disorders, so don’t take my word for any of…

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Day 10 is officially over. Let’s assess the damage. Day 1: “Vegans have it so easy.” Day 2: We went to happy hour, which was not the greatest idea in hindsight. Day 3: “Venti pumpkin spice almond milk latte for free. Are you m************ kidding me?” Day 4: “I wish we were allowed to have wine. I just feel like that’s unacceptable to take out of someone’s diet.” Day 5: “I was just about to have a piece of bread….

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  Over the weekend at our Kaleidoscope retreat, we performed a grocery store challenge: two teams bought ingredients for dinner and dessert respectively, then we switched roles to prepare each part of the meal for the rest of the group. While this could have been a tame endeavor, each team took the creative license to provide a little bit of a challenge to the other. The rules: you have 10 minutes and $20 to purchase the groceries; you must use each ingredient,…

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     I know, I know, I said that I’m doing this great and wonderful journey all alone and that I’m a strong, independent woman who doesn’t need a man to complete me. You might be surprised, then, at the fact that I basically view the world through a Tinderized lens, and the amount of times that I mentally swipe left is shrinking rapidly.      I started out this trip saying to myself, “I think I shall take a…

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