Tag: food

  • All Other Nights: On Passover and Growing Up Jewish in the South

    All Other Nights: On Passover and Growing Up Jewish in the South

    I think I grew into my Judaism. Yes, I was born Jewish, have practiced every year of my life. Even before I understood what it meant, It was always a part of me. I was Jewish the same way I was a Louisvillian or a Kentucky fan. As soon as I was old enough, I…

  • 15 New Things: Profite bien!

    15 New Things: Profite bien!

    We’re two months in to 2015, ⅙ of the way through this year, and so I thought I owed all of you lovely readers an update on my resolutions. I started this year with a list of 15 new things I intended to do, try, or learn in 2015. Here’s how I’m doing so far.…

  • It’s Like Lillith Fair, Minus the Angst, Plus Frittatas

    It’s Like Lillith Fair, Minus the Angst, Plus Frittatas

    Webster’s Dictionary defines Galentine’s Day as the holiest of all holidays, an all-out celebration of female friendship and camaraderie, free of romantic entanglements but chock full of breakfast food and memories to last a lifetime. Ok, so if we’re being totally honest, Webster’s hasn’t quite jumped aboard the Leslie Knope train yet, much like Congress…

  • Home Away From Home: Sweet Chick

    Home Away From Home: Sweet Chick

    This article is the first in a new series on Zelda & Scout: Home Away From Home. As the holidays wind down and we enter the grey slump of January, with nary a festivity in sight, we find ourselves getting a bit homesick. Especially with the temperatures plummeting to vortex levels, it’s easy to just…

  • These Are a Few of Our Favorite Folks!

    These Are a Few of Our Favorite Folks!

    Nobody exists in a vacuum, least of all people who call these crazy internets home. As bloggers, we’re constantly being inspired by the brilliance around us, especially the nuggets of beautiful wisdom that float up to our Brooklyn laptops from below the Mason-Dixon line. So today we thought we’d share with you a few of…

  • Gettin’ Our Pumpkin (Chiff)on

    Gettin’ Our Pumpkin (Chiff)on

    My family is big on traditions. From the stories we tell around the dinner table to the music we play while laying out the Christmas ornaments to the specific phrasing we use to say goodnight, we like things done a certain way, over and over again, until the end of time (usually followed by my…