My (Liberating) Secret Shame

This time, though, I was old enough to understand the root of her despair, to know that she would slip into a pale shadow of herself for months. Besides me, only one pregnancy had been successful — my little brother, whose wide liquid eyes reflected my own anxiety every time the shroud fell over our…

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Japanese Cocktail Bars NYC

Some of my favorite Japanese restaurants are bars. Of course, there are the izakayas scattered around the city, where eating and drinking are as inseparable as sushi and rice. But there are also bars that happen to have excellent food even though they are best known for their beverages (cocktails and highballs, most often, but…

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Three Tahini Sauce Recipes

One of the many things I adore about my friends is that we will text each other, apropos of nothing and with zero pleasantries, about what we’re eating at any moment. “I just made the most delish green tahini,” a girlfriend texted me Sunday evening. She had whirled together tahini, scallions, spinach, lemon juice, honey,…

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