If you have been reading my blog for awhile you may notice that I hate cookbooks and love magazines (i.e. Food and Wine, Gourmet and Bon Appetit). Cookbooks are so permanent- if I buy a cookbook, I better be in...
You probably noticed that I've been reading the same book for six months. You might have thought- "I'm sure Kristen has just forgotten to update her 'I'm reading' blurb, she can't be that slow of a reader." Well...I am. I...
I don’t think I could have dreamt up a book more aptly created for me! Once upon a time there was a food critic named Ruth Reichl who moved from the Los Angles Times to the New York Times. Problem...
So every once in a while one of my students asks: “So… if you weren’t allowed to do theater anymore…what would you do with your life?” My brain flashes to an idyllic picture of me making pastries and desserts for...
As it happens in one’s life, one is called up for Jury Duty. One logs in on the court website everyday in given week to see if one’s group number is called. One clears one’s schedule to make sure one...
I have always felt a connection with Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet. Her editor’s letters are warm, fuzzy (in the teddy bear sense, not in the “something’s growing on my sour cream!” sense) and never forced. She kind of...
