Friday Photo: Grace

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quick Fixes to Pretending You’re a Foodie

The scene is starting to feel familiar. You’re eating a dessert out of a mason jar and you have spent the last 15 minutes listening to a conversation about the merits of mezcal in cocktails. “I just really can’t stand the taste. Put a drink in front of me and I can definitely tell you if it has it in it or not,” you overhear, and you internally swear for not having a good comeback.
A comeback that was just a little more…in-the-know.
Listening To: Urban Cone – We Should Go to France

A little indie-electro pop from Swedish group Urban Cone, which is the kind of song you should be listening to on a sunny afternoon.
Image: Urban Cone
Listening To: Chromatics – Kill for Love

New album from Portland band Chromatics, and fortunately this clip has the entire album all in one.
Full track list here.
Why We Have to Normalize Food Consciousness

I was pulling out ingredients for dinner from the refrigerator and my friend was visibly squirming looking at the quart glass bottle of green sludge that was on the first shelf.
“It’s just a kale smoothie.”
She looked at me and rolled her eyes.
“I know, I know… who has kale smoothies in their refrigerator?” I responded. I paused for dramatic effect in order to underline the absurdity of my next statement. “It has chia seeds in it too.”
Recipe: Spicy Roasted Chickpeas

You could probably eat all of these in one sitting. I came up with these when I was in need of a super simple snack recipe that seemed fancy – which of course is sort of my cooking style in general. The result is easy and in my opinion, better (and healthier) than a bowl of popcorn.
Listening To: Inga Problem (Remix)
A handful of popular and talented Swedish artists together all in one: Petter, Veronica Maggio and Snook.
Play and repeat.


