Those Confusing Yellow Flags...

Every time I see a car approaching flying one of these:

I actually expect it to turn out to be one of these:


And then I remember...I live in Los Angeles.

Published: Not my Grandmothers' Chicken Soup in Remedy Quarterly

Sometime last year, friends of mine Ari and Jillian Bergman started Remedy Quarterly, a journal of writings about food. This week, the second issue arrived in mailboxes across the country.

The issue's theme is "Cravings," and the book includes a short story about my learning to make chicken soup from scratch in Argentina. It's only available in print, but copies and subscriptions are available here.

Remembering Kent State

Many news pieces about the 40th anniversary of the shootings at Kent State University have been popping up lately; I wanted to draw your attention to my own contribution to this public remembering of a particularly dark day in our country's history.

It made the front page of The Forward this week, and I was happy to be able to help tell part of this story that's been overlooked thus far.