These days, our St Patrick’s Day fun involves hanging out with our pets, thrilled that it’s Tuesday and we made it past our Monday 36-hour fast once again. Will there be green beer in our future? Hell no! In 2026 me couldn’t imagine putting food coloring in beer! WWRFKJRD? He would probably fry something in …
Here we are in 2026, a year when trusting anything feels like a personal risk. Institutions? Questionable. Systems? Broken. Grocery availability? A fever dream.But you know what you can trust? Kumquats.Tiny, aggressive little citrus optimism sweet and tart flavor bombs that can improve anything—even bland, sad coleslaw. Yes, coleslaw, I swear. Trust me, I’m a …
If you’re ever lucky enough to holiday in southern India and stay in someone’s home, breakfast will probably involve Anda Bhurji—curried eggs made the way Indian families actually eat them, not the way they appear on laminated restaurant menus. Back home in Big Bear Lake in 2026, I make them as cottage-cheese-packed curried egg bites, …
Here in 2026, we’ve apparently decided that cottage cheese belongs in everything. And honestly? I’m not mad about it. Mainly because, as 2026 dawned, I became obsessed with cottage cheese egg bites But let’s not pretend we haven’t been here before. Remember the 1990s, when every dinner involved low-fat sour cream, low-fat cheese, and meat …
Here in Big Bear Lake, California, are our high school students sitting in class today, learning algebra, writing essays, or at least pretending to care about either? Nope. They’re standing on “Freedom Corner,” shivering in twenty-degree mountain air, wrapped in kaftans, Doc Martens, and the unshakable confidence that comes from having never paid a utility …