Milk Tongue

This evening’s view from our backyard.

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What is it about Christmas and the New Year that makes me want to perform a massive culling of stuff? Toys metastasize during the holidays and by December 26, I’m overwhelmed and annoyed by the lack of shelf space and the litter of tiny toy parts on the carpet. Tiny parts that will either be […]

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When our dear friend Sean was seven, his lovely Jewish mother married a wonderful African American man. Sean grew up in Pontiac eating collared greens and latkes, kugel and sweet potato pie, a childhood diet I deeply envy. Tonight we’re celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah with him. He and my husband have been in the […]

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Is there anything better than phở on a cold winter’s night?
It’s warm and beefy (and if like us, you throw a little sriracha in) pleasantly spicy. Comforting like a stew but the cilantro, thai basil and bean sprouts all taste like spring to me. It’s simultaneously light and hearty, delicious, filling and magically kills the […]

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Right before we were married (like a week before) my in-laws called and informed my husband that if we married, they would never accept me as a daughter-in-law. They wouldn’t be coming to the wedding. I wasn’t Korean and had a child from a previous relationship. I’m sure they had a few other reasons but […]

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From Machiavelli’s: The Jonas Brother: “Those who wish to win favor with a Jonas brother customarily offer him those things they hold most precious or that they see him most delight in. Thus, we often see Jonas brothers given vestments of gold cloth, made-for-television movies, precious stones, insulin, horses, Baby Bottle–pop endorsement contracts, arms, and […]

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