I'm super excited to speak later this month at the Creative Freelancer Conference, part of HOW Design Live in San Francisco. I'll be presenting a session called "What to Expect When You're Freelancing"—and it'll cover a range of joys and ...
An interview with Stanford University professor John Perry on NPR last year caught my ear (one of those “driveway moments” when you can’t leave your car until the story is over). Perry talked about his book “The Art of Procrastination,” ...
There’s a difference between looking and seeing, between hearing and listening. Many of us (I raise my hand) are better at the former than at the latter. We look, but we don’t see. We hear, but we don’t listen. Over many ...
I've always liked Mark Bittman's recipes, but I'm glad he's moved over to the Opinion pages at The New York Times. He's joining the voices of Marion Nestle (whom I heard speak recently, a real thrill) and Michael Pollan and ...
I’m just back from Edible Institute in Santa Barbara, a 4-day gathering of food magazine editors and publishers, foodies and locavores. My people. The conference had two parts: an informational meeting for folks who own and publish Edible magazines (there ...
This has been making its way around the interwebs in the past 2 weeks, so perhaps it's not new to you. But I'm utterly charmed by Minneapolis-based designer David Schwen and his Pantone Pairings project. Schwen takes two compatible foods ...
Metropole is the most-anticipated restaurant debut in Cincinnati for quite awhile. I finally managed to have dinner there recently, and it was sublime. Chef Michael Paley does wonders with the freshest of ingredients prepared in the simplest of ways. You know ...
So much of my work as an independent food writer and journalist involves helping people learn to cook simply, healthfully and seasonally. My ongoing work with Kroger, the grocery retailer with a massive footprint across the U.S., is an example. ...
With so much business-related interaction happening in the digital realm, you might wonder whether such old-fashioned niceties as a well-designed business card still matter. They do. A great business card design makes such a strong impression. These days, it's not so much ...
Once, while working on a Habitat for Humanity building project, one of the construction pros volunteering on the job told me, “You have good worksite awareness.” I took it as a compliment ... and then asked what he meant. Good worksite awareness ...