Table & Foraging
The Flavor You Were Supposed to Know
What disappears without noticing, what returns anyway — and why flavor is never just about food.
Keith Christiansen
american living in france
The Hedge Is Not What You Think It Is
What happens when a landscape forgets how to hold life
Table & Foraging
What We Stopped Eating
Or: What We Ate Before Plastic
culture
When the Countryside Goes Quiet in France
On learning to hear what’s missing in France
american in italy
A Kind of Resolve in the Absence of Certainty
A year of misfires, weird routines, and accidental clarity—plus a few things I’m chasing in the months ahead.
leaving america
Ten Things I Wrote This Year That I Still Think About
some of my most popular posts from the year behind
Soundtrack
Bang Bang in Translation
On Sheila, Sonny Bono, and the international afterlife of one deceptively sad song.
american living in france
Everything I Didn’t Plan For
Found books from charity shops, lost French films, and unplanned discoveries from a disorganized year.
leaving america
The Internet Isn’t a Place Anymore
Leaving America, building again, and living in beta
culture
Venice, Above the Waterline
What happens to a city that no longer adapts—but still dazzles
american living in france
Ten Feet of Water and Everything After
Living with the feeling that everything is changing at once. Again.
Table & Foraging
Welcome to French Funk Season
How one tiny raclette machine explains France’s winters, its nostalgia, and its national devotion to melted cheese.