Citrus Salad & Wonderful Wonderful

Winter in Seattle has me in its grasp again. Somewhere in the middle of a dark afternoon, I find myself playing melodramatic songs that put me in a gloomy mood and then walk home in the rain, still listening to gloomy music. I’ve noticed it takes real effort to shake myself out of this mood. […]

Red Lentil Thai Curry Soup & Tear The Roots

How do you feel about silence? Have you ever really thought about it? Silence has come to mean many different things over the years,  a mixture of good and bad. Have you ever noticed what silence means depending on who you are with? With your partner or closest friend, silence can be a comfort. With […]

Kale Pesto and Walnut Pizza & California

Pizza may be an American classic (or at least we made the overly cheesy version ours) but I never knew the world of pizza really until I studied abroad in Italy. I was in a small town on top of a hill and within the first 48 hours of being there, I had heard about […]

Shiitake Mushroom and Baby Kale Calzone & Unorthodox Jukebox

When is the last time you saw a Calzone? Perhaps at that old school Italian (pronounced Eye-talian) restaurant years ago? I feel like you never see them anymore. In the cold, damp winter of Seattle, I have fallen in love with calzones again. Soups too but soups dont travel as well and don’t hold heat […]

Hearty White Bean Vegetable Soup & Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways

When I started this blog, I thought I would be writing about my memories and experiences with food and how vinyl interplays with these moments. I never thought I would write about political events, current happenings or the current man occupying the White House. I had stayed away for it, to be honest, for many […]