As I try to keep my writer's inspiration in tact through these ever-complicating times of political change, surprise, and affliction, I think back to the morning after last November’s election. I was to deliver a motivational wrap-up comment to my freshmen composition class; I wanted to offer some words of hope, some strategies to move forward through their final stretch of school-work, despite the political maelstrom that had just hit the social atmosphere—on our campus and

At first these cookies were just another one of my alternative baking experiments, which refer more heavily to my intuition than to cookbooks, and mix a range of nut-flours, unrefined sugars and omega oils until all my vegan and gluten-intolerant friends are wearing a crumb-crusted smile. But seventeen batches later, these cookies are not simply a phase in a concession of ephemeral recipes. They have a mission to accomplish, a message to send. Made with wholesome, real food i