I like to think of myself as a professional picnic-er. I got the whole set-up: the compartmentalized wicker basket, the cute little glass jars, the blanket. As the season for al fresco dining draws near, my body just wants to be outside in the sunshine…

There are few things as uplifting as making a new friend. But meeting your soul mate? Now that’s ecstatic!I first started hearing from Elenore Bendel Zahn in the comments section here on my blog. She always seemed to be one of the first people to…

When you weren’t looking, I jaunted off to the south of France last week. Every cell of my body is now officially made of baguette and chèvre. There seem to be many stereotypes attached to the French people, but so many of them are true.…

You’d think that for someone who moves around so much my biggest struggle would be with missing people, but mostly, I just miss food. When I am in Denmark I always long for year-round kale; when I am in Canada, I miss Danish rye bread.…

I have no idea what’s come over me, but I am suddenly obsessed with radishes. Honestly, until a couple months ago I thought radishes were kind of gross: too earthy, too “dirt”-flavored, too pungent. So how did I go from despising to fantasizing practically overnight? That mystery…

Isn’t it incredible how a smell can transport you back to a place and time far easier than a photograph can? How the whiff of someone’s perfume, or browning garlic, or freshly cut grass causes often causes a flood of memories and emotions? I know…

Dear polenta, Where have you been all my life? Love, Sarah B So it happened again, twice in one month. I’ve fallen in head over heels with an entirely new-to-me food. This time, it’s polenta. I am a little embarrassed to admit that I have…

I fell in love in Turkey. With aubergine. I know it sounds a little surprising, but believe it or not, before this trip I wasn’t so smitten with this oddball veggie. Part of the reason for my former uncertainty was simply the name: eggplant. Of…