Le Chêne as a Fiancée

Oh la la is right.

Dec 15, 2025 • dining dates

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November 2025

The Big 3-0

Thirty, flirty, and full.

Nov 18, 2025 • dining dates

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October 2025

Bloodroot: A Feminist Restuarant and Bookstore

“Feminism is not a part-time attitude for us; it is how we live all day, everyday. Our choices in furniture, pictures, the music we play, the books we…

Oct 27, 2025 • dining dates

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September 2025

The Season of Returning

Fall in New York is more than scarves and stews—it’s an invitation to gather, to share, and to come home to one another.

Sep 22, 2025 • dining dates

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August 2025

The Summer Dining Rules of Dining Dates

I don't make them, but I do enforce them.

Aug 25, 2025 • dining dates

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July 2025

Nothing Bad Ever Happens at Camp

On grief, memory, and the magic of a place that’s supposed to keep you safe.

Jul 14, 2025 • dining dates

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June 2025

My Hot Take on Ice Cream

From gum grafts to Tillamook: a journey of soft foods, sweet memories, and scoop-shop philosophy.

Jun 23, 2025 • dining dates

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May I Celebrate?

All the foods I celebrated with — and forgot to photograph

Jun 2, 2025 • dining dates

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May 2025

Trusting the Taper

Rest is welcome but hard, and fueling feels overwhelming.

May 13, 2025 • dining dates

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Let the Meal Planning Take a Vacation

The mental gymnastics of meal planning is exhausting

May 5, 2025 • dining dates

April 2025

Wonder Bread Was Onto Something

What a mediocre potato, a muddy race, and Descartes taught me about wonder.

Apr 7, 2025 • dining dates

March 2025

Recession Core Clean Out

The Millennials have been here before. So have the Gen Xers. And the Boomers.

Mar 17, 2025 • dining dates

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