Table & Foraging
Sometimes You Do Want American Food in France
Most of it can be rebuilt. Some of it should just be left behind .
Newsletter
Table & Foraging
The Market Before the Last of Everyone Disappears
Small melons, quail eggs that were already gone, peaches at their peak, the smell of smoke in the distance & a town on the verge of stopping completely
generative AI
My Own Private Idaho, Which I Share With You
New York conversation styles, teaching, learning French, and a lifetime of detours became the way I write
culture
The Part Right After the Last Part You Said
How to lose your place without losing the conversation.
Table & Foraging
The Cactus Is Doing Great
A cactus outside my house became an unexpected review about the climate, tacos, caterpillars, and how "French food" is a moving target.
life abroad
Never, Darling
Getting Known
Table & Foraging
Bread. Soap. Cookies.
A homemade tube of lip balm, a Finnish immigrant, 460 million tons of plastic, and a few questions about what we’ve forgotten how to do.
language
Assuming France Agrees
There’s a difference between living somewhere and making yourself legible to the place you live.
Soundtrack
You Don't Need to Know the Words
Italian versions of Neil Diamond songs are why I write about music at all
life abroad
Quieter, But Not Stopped
Writing a book, revisiting old pieces, and staying in the thread
Table & Foraging
Eat Like You Live in France
Where & how we buy things, how we build meals, and why the small adjustments matter more than recipes
culture
A Year of Living in France - 3 stories, 6 months apart
Three pieces from the last year on relocating, staying, and the part nobody really prepares you for.