How to Turn an Acquaintance Into a Friend
Turn an Acquaintance Into a Close Friend In episode 84 of Dear Nina, I’m taking on two topics, with one topic logically leading to the other. How to go from being casual acquaintances to actually considering someone a friend. How to make it easier to have people over for a meal. Inviting people into your […]
Moving Every Three Years and Creating Community
Bri McKoy is a cookbook author and military wife who has moved seven times in 12 years. She went from burning everything in the kitchen to learning to cook as a way to create community. Have you ever wondered how to make good friends in a new city? Bri has repeatedly accomplished this task with […]
This Year’s Rosh Hashanah Menu
This Year’s Rosh Hashanah Recipes ROUND CHALLAH: If you want the challah recipe I’ve used for years and wrote about in this essay at On Being, send me an email at ninabadzin@gmail.com. I will send you the pdf version. I am supplementing the seven loaves I made (and froze), with some special ones from Morgan’s Broth and […]
Reconnecting With Old Friends on Facebook
Rosh Hashanah and its symbolic sweet honey cake gave me a new appreciation of Facebook this week. Do you like honey cake? Neither do I. I don’t know anyone who craves honey in the form of a dark, dense cake. And that is why I was surprised when my childhood friend, Linsey, pinged me with […]
Food Blogs I Love
I go through stages with food blogs and cookbooks. Sometimes I’m in a “try new things all the time” stage and sometimes I can barely muster the excitement to boil an egg. I’m happy to report that I’m in a cook everything moment, and when I’m in that head space, I spend a lot of time poking around […]
An Ode to Smitten Kitchen
Who else Loves Smitten Kitchen? I love cookbooks, and I really like to cook. I won’t say I love to cook because I don’t. Cooking is a lot of work. What I love is to eat. And I love to feed my husband and kids and to serve friends and extended family a feast for […]