When I was in the States over Christmas, my aunt and I got pretty into watching Dating on the Spectrum, an Australian show detailing the experiences of several people with autism as they attempt to…
Le Petit Grain Knows Its Stuff – Savory and Sweet
This little bakery is eternally worth a detour.
The Tartelettes Are Not My Favorite Part of Tartelettes
Look beyond the namesake cakes for pastry nirvana.
I Shouldn’t Have Waited to Read ‘Mrs. Dalloway’
Mrs. Dalloway plays with the very structure of the brain’s expectations of storytelling, and I cannot believe I’d never read it before now.
KL Pâtisserie Offers A Full Sensory Experience
The French for window shopping is faire de la lèche-vitrine – literally: to lick the window. And the window at KL Pâtisserie is one you will definitely want to lick.
‘Bad Feminist’ Allows Us to Be Human
Perfect is the enemy of good: so said Voltaire, and so implies Roxane Gay in her Bad Feminist, an essay collection that guides the reader along Gay’s own journey embracing her feminism, activism, and womanhood.
If You’re ‘Crazy for Pastry,’ Try Fou de Pâtisserie
Crazy about pastry at this unique shop.
One of Many Visits to Sain
I’m a regular at Sain for a reason.
Visiting with ‘The Goon Squad’
The flailing, self-destructive characters in ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’ afford a deftly wrought and keen lesson in empathy.
A Sweet Stop at Sucre Coeur
A pastry shop with a focus on seasonal, organic ingredients just below Montmartre.