Reprise
(If anyone is listening) I mean this not in the common English sense of a repetition but rather in the French sense of renewal, a new beginning. I started this […]
Author Archives: Melissa
Hay Hay it’s Donna Day: (Lemony) Pea and Mint Soup
I don’t remember exactly when or where I discovered Donna Hay for the first time, but I have a feeling that it was at my aunt’s house in London (also, […]
Cupcakes + (Basil) Mayo + Martha = a party (for a special girl)
What to do, what to do. I have been cooking plenty lately, but I haven’t been photographing much at all. It always seems to slip my mind. I have decided, […]
M&M Dinner Series Part 2
I begin my second installment of the M&M dinner series with a correction and apology. I was too quick to slight my grandmother’s early cooking skills. She protests (and I […]
M&M Dinner Series: Part 1
For most of her life, my grandmother wasn’t much of a cook. My mother’s most common references to the meals of her childhood – with the possible exception of certain […]
Tales of The Cold Duck Cook: Pudding Cheesecake
As a self-described and devoted food snob, I nonetheless have a healthy list of “guilty pleasure” foods. Perched securely and deliciously atop this list is cake-mix cake. Give me Funfetti […]
My first ever vegan birthday cake (and some chocolate sauce on the side)
It took me six months of knowing my friend Joe before I really caught on to his particular brand of Veganism. See Joe is what I like to call a […]
