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An Appetite for Life

Four to six years ago I kept a blog called β€œFoggy Air.” I named it Foggy Air as a hat-tip to Fresh Air, the NPR show hosted by Terry Gross (who I have admired for many years), amid all the excitement of pursuing my dreams in New York City.

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How to make mozzarella and ricotta cheese at home in less than an hour (Nov. 2021)

Growing up in the Midwest, I thought cheese was orange.

When I moved to New York City, I had access to cheese shops like Murray’s Cheese in the West Village and I understood that cheese could be a variety of hues, from the stark white of a goat’s milk cheese, to the yellowed cow’s milk of a French ComtΓ©, to the burnt orange of a British Red Leicester. Regardless of its appearance, though, I understood that cheese was a food to be bought, not to be made.

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New York Magazine - β€œI Put Nutella on Everything β€” Until I Moved to Italy and Tasted Pistachio Cream” (July 2021)

I still remember the first time I tried Nutella. I was studying abroad in Switzerland, and the hit of sweet chocolate-hazelnut was a revelation. I couldn’t believe that the spread hadn’t yet made its way to America. Fast-forward (more years than I care to count) to today, and Nutella has become widely available Stateside, prompting the migration of other regional dessert-y spreads β€” like the Belgian speculoos, which is made from shortbread cookies β€” to American grocery-store shelves and kitchen tables. In that time, I moved to Italy, where I discovered another (better) nut-based delicacy that I foresee filling pantry shelves far and wide: pistachio cream.

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