chickpeas – Orangette https://orangette.net Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:09:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 She knows https://orangette.net/2015/02/she-knows/ https://orangette.net/2015/02/she-knows/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:38:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/she-knows I first met Lecia a handful of years ago, and I tyan’t remember how. We saw each other around, and then one year, maybe 2011, she took a leap and invited us to her family’s New Year’s Day party. We stood on the deck and talked, and the sunlight was warm enough that I didn’t wear a coat. I guess that was the start of something, but for me, our friendship got its footing while I was pregnant and she, a former nurse, cheerfully withstood my cross-examinations about epidurals and other hot topics of the day, and it has grown in the months and years since, over many meals that June and I have eaten at her table. Lecia is…

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]]> https://orangette.net/2015/02/she-knows/feed/ 42 The usual https://orangette.net/2013/02/the-usual/ https://orangette.net/2013/02/the-usual/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:04:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/the-usual In the time since we last spoke, I’ve revised the manuscript for my next book! I’ve traveled alone with my five-month-old baby to a family wedding on the other side of the country! I’ve felt like an Olympic gold medalist for having survived traveling alone with my five-month-old baby to a family wedding on the other side of the country! I’ve consumed biscuits and dark chocolate milkshakes and fingers and cheeks, listened to Fugazi and almost remembered what it felt like to be 15 and have a crush on Guy Picciotto, tried two recipes for healthy cookies, decided that I’m not into healthy cookies, made my daughter wear a pair of sunglasses that were intended for a doll, and rekindled my love for farro. The usual. I…

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]]> https://orangette.net/2013/02/the-usual/feed/ 181 A public display of chickpeas https://orangette.net/2006/03/a-public-display-of-chickpeas/ https://orangette.net/2006/03/a-public-display-of-chickpeas/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:01:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/01/a-public-display-of-chickpeas Under normal circumstances, I try to play it cool. Sure, there’s this guy named Brandon, and I think he’s pretty dreamy and stuff, but most of the time, I try to keep my swooning behind the scenes. Few people look fondly upon public displays of affection—on the Internet or otherwise—and far be it for me, dear reader, to risk spoiling your appetite. But then this guy named Brandon came to town, and one afternoon, he bought me a quarter-pound of culatello. Nothing makes a girl feel prone to public gloating like a present of cured pork from a very handsome vegetarian. And should he then, over the span of ten short days, churn from her kitchen a batch of whole-wheat pita,…

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