This morning, as I sweated my way up Agnew Pass in the Eastern Sierra, dreaming about eventually throwing my overheated body into Gem Lake at nearly 9,500 feet, I kept muttering one very motivational thought under my breath: If Dolly Parton could spend fifty years walking around in five-inch heels, I could make it up …
This has been the summer when I have said hell no to turning my oven on. And it’s all thanks to my obsession with the air fryer. And yes, that even includes taking my air fryer on a camping trip, because It’s My Birthday and I will do what I want! Including inhaling my favorite …
Here in the rural mountain town of Big Bear Lake, California, you would think our local bakeries could manage to stay out of controversy. You have one job, small-town bakeries: make me fatter so I feel morally obligated to hike ten miles tomorrow. Sell me a croissant. Hand me a cookie. Charge me nine dollars …
You just spent three hours in the kitchen cooking up a full-on Indian feast—cumin seeds and star anise blooming, onions caramelizing, neighbors suddenly “just stopping by” to see what smells amazing. This is five-star, auntie-approved, this-side-of-Mumbai-level cooking. So, how come how to take food photos seems mind-blowing to this home chef? You pull out your …
I fully expect to come back from a half-day hike with some body pain. But it’s not usually in my kidney area! I spent most of the day yesterday trekking up to Dry Lake with my favorite Liberal Ladies. We tried our best not to talk about politics, as no one wants their conservative hiking …