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What is nutritional psychiatry? For starters, it’s delicious

How to eat for a better mood, according to the experts.
HEALTHYISH at BON APPÉTIT

A widow’s food guide to grief

Neighbors will bring lasagna, but comfort food isn't comforting yet.
THE WASHINGTON POST

how to stack and decorate a layer cake without an architecture degree

Because it should look as good as it tastes.
BON APPÉTIT

If you like reese’s, you’ll go wild for buckeyes

BON APPÉTIT

A chocolate cake that celebrates mothers — lost and found

A reflection on loss and grief—and the untold power of a mother-knows-best birthday cake.
FOOD52

THE CONDOLENCES END. BEING A WIDOW DOESN’T

The second year without my husband is in some ways harder than the first.
THE WASHINGTON POST

The bread I still can't bear to bake

Some people say grief is bitter, but I say it is nutty whole-wheat flavored, slightly sweet with molasses.
MODERN LOSS

Our double-widowed i love you

Goodbye used to mean until later that day. But for my fiancé and me, respective tragedies have rewired our brains.
MODERN LOSS




focaccia’s rising all over d.c.

The spongy Italian flatbread is enjoying renewed popularity at both new and established bakeries, Italian markets, pizza shops, and upscale restaurants.
EATER

WHERE TO BUY BETTER EASTER CANDY

Tracking down imported chocolate, macarons, and Sour Watermelon Peeps.
EATER


D.C.’s Go-to bakeries for fresh loaves of bread

From sweet cranberry walnut to extra-crusty levain.
EATER


How to Use a pastry bag

Don't just sing "Happy Birthday" or "I Love You." Write it.
FOOD52


how to temper chocolate in the microwave

Let your microwave do more than reheat dinner.
FOOD52


the best ways to store fresh herbs

A lesson on keeping your fresh herbs fresh.
FOOD52


the taste of grief

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