I hate to waste food, and I hate following recipes. Most of my creations happen by combining various odds and ends until they taste good....

When I was eight years old, I told my mom I didn't want to eat the McDonald's burger she had just handed me. She said I didn't have to...

I was a creative writing major in college, and whenever I had a story due, I would stay up all night writing, with a box of granola and a...

I live in Manhattan's Chinatown, where the streets are lined with produce stands. Japanese sweet potatoes were one of my first Chinatown...

For the first quarter century of my life, I hated warm beverages. There was a stretch of a few years when I drank an iced red eye from La...

I just got back from Japan, where matcha sweets are everywhere. Matcha's grassy taste is perfect to pair with coconut's natural sugars....

In recent years, I've tried to eliminate all added sugars from my diet. Traditional homemade and storebought jam calls for a sugar to...

When I was little, ice cream was a nightly communal ritual. Dad brought out the gold-rimmed carton of Blue Bell and five spoons. There...