In one month, we’ll meet their daughter. For now, we navigate runny duck yolks. “It’s not worth it,” her partner says. “You’re in the final stretch.” Instead we order cheese…
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Once upon a time, I was a time traveler. The voyage started on a cross-country flight to Baltimore, followed by a fitful sleep in my teenage bedroom. The next night,…
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Splendid Grub: Together in the Kitchen with Cherry Tomatoes
by Claire Margine July 9, 2018Our first apartment in San Francisco was the size of the living room we had on the East Coast, in the so-new-it-smelled-and-sparkled apartment weʼd left behind. “Good riddance,” I thought,…
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The whole world felt like a crisper drawer. It smelled like the heady soap rush of an open door at a laundromat, the first bloom of jasmine. Trees crowded with…
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Splendid Grub: Say the Perfect Thing or Eat Popcorn in the Dark
by Claire Margine March 12, 2018I have a bad habit that I’m not going to fix. When I drop popcorn on my lap, I eat it, as though my folded knees are a continuation of…
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2017 was the year of “something happened.” From headlines to text messages, the news was violently surreal. Phone calls were big or they were a minute long. Houses lost the…
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Over the holidays I flew to Maryland to empty my childhood home. Ever since my parents’ marriage ended, I was haunted by that house. A testament to its power, the…