savor your life
This weekend I was in NYC for the Food Writers’ Workshop (more on the workshop later) and got to meet up with my friend, Michael, also a Korean adoptee and the current President of Also-Known-As, one of the longest-standing adult international adoptee organizations in the U.S. …
Person 1: What’s to eat around here? Person 2: There’s a place across the street from campus that sells bagels. Person 3: You mean, The Bagel Place? This was a real conversation that happened in my second year of grad school before the start of …
Last week I was in New Orleans celebrating my successful dissertation defense and a new job (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Memphis) and eating yummy food, all under the ruse of attending the Southern Sociological Society’s annual meeting. In fairness, I did present …
Before heading to New Orleans for the Southern Sociological Society’s annual meeting, I was browsing social media and happened upon District Donuts Sliders and Brew. As an avid donut lover, I knew I had to add District Donuts to my must-have-food-list. Even at 8 in …
Around the corner from my hair stylist is Three Fifty Bakery and Coffee Bar, a cute coffee bar with a delightful patio (when the weather agrees) and a delicious spread of baked goods. On this day, I could not say no to a peanut butter …