Happy Valentine’s Day!

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And Eve!

Good morning, friends. I’m finally back to work today after taking Friday and Monday off to spend with my parents who were visiting for opening weekend of Love/Perfect!

Since I have a show tonight on Valentine’s Day,  I surprised the man last night with a tasty chocolate dessert I’ve been wanting to introduce to him for a while…

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It’s National Pizza Day!

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A SACRED DAY

Let us take a moment of silence…

This should be a national holiday, in my book. To celebrate, I’ve pulled together some of my all-time favorite pizzas, either procured from divine pizza establishments or made by the pizza-lovin’ man and me.

May my ode to the world’s greatest round creation since the wheel inspire you to indulge on this holiest of Thursdays.

(Turns out I have eaten a LOT of pizza…)

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Gems from Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food”

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An Eater‘s Manifesto

(And an eater I am.)  Just like the people we love and interact with often—many of us have a dysfunctional, love-hate relationship with food. Most of this is borne of societal pressures and gender roles; commercial and capitalistic incentives; and an unhealthy obsession with status, stability, and the illusion of control. That’s a whole other manifesto.

But since we can’t just, like, avoid it for the rest of our lives, why not start to rectify our relationship with food, for real? [Enter Michael Pollan, stage left.]

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