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my mother's eggs
On Cooking Her Favorite Food
 • Elissa Altman
anxiety soup
What to Eat When Your Cache is Full.
 • Elissa Altman
on ritual and routine
Our Lives as Practice, For Better or Worse
 • Elissa Altman
on ritual and routine
Our Lives as Practice, For Better or Worse [RECIPE]
 • Elissa Altman
on giving old things for Christmas
In Praise of the Ancient [RECIPE]
 • Elissa Altman
a list for the changing weather
Some things I thought you might enjoy. [RECIPES]
 • Elissa Altman
on the noise of August
Running and Doing and List-Making [RECIPE]
 • Elissa Altman
Don't build your house on sand
and other rules of stability. [recipe]
 • Elissa Altman
intention
The back-handed gift of long Covid. [RECIPE]
 • Elissa Altman
hope in the kitchen
What to cook when the lights dim. [RECIPES]
 • Elissa Altman
On Gentle Food
Quiet Cooking for Noisy Times [RECIPES]
 • Elissa Altman
on envy and art-making [recipe]
Generosity, Competition, and the Creative World
 • Elissa Altman
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