BLUEBERRY CRUMB CAKE

February 23, 2020 Posie Brien

Look, I know. You’re confused. Did you accidentally stumble upon the archives of my website? Inadvertently hit a link from last July? Have I decamped from the chill of New York City to some verdant oasis in South America, where fat, juicy berries are growing feverishly through February?

No. I have not. I am here, and I am cold, and I am making blueberry cake if I want it, gosh darn it! Let me explain. I do believe in eating seasonally, for the most part. I’m not wildly obsessive about it, but I’m lucky to live in a place with truly exceptional farmers’ markets, so tailoring my produce consumption to actual growing seasons is pretty easy to do. But does that mean I won't touch a blueberry until June? It does not. In fact, in the spirit of full disclosure, I ate a handful this morning alongside a few spoonfuls of creamy ginger sheep’s milk yogurt.

EASY ALMOND CUTOUT COOKIES

February 13, 2020 Posie Brien

When you hear Valentine’s Day, do you groan inwardly? Do you shrug your shoulders when people ask how you’re celebrating, caustically saying that it’s a cheesy holiday anyway, and you and your [insert someone you like holding hands with] aren’t really “into the whole thing”?

Okay, look I get it. And yet, I always detect a touch of wistfulness to those comments. I mean, let’s level with each other here (it’s just us! we’re all friends here!), who doesn’t like to be surprised or showered with a little more love than on a usual Friday?

APPLE CUSTARD PIE

February 8, 2020 Posie Brien

Sometimes life — and your experience of it — is really a matter of perspective. It never ceases to amaze me how you can plod along contentedly in a routine, happily sticking to the same schedule, and slowly convince yourself (without even realizing you’re doing so) that things will carry on in just the same way indefinitely. It’s not an unreasonable mental habit: you’re putting in the same inputs, and so you expect the same outputs.

BRAZILIAN CHEESE BREAD (PAO DE QUEIJO)

January 29, 2020 Posie Brien

If you’ve ever seen the movie Love Actually, you’ll recall the famous first few lines—the ones that Hugh Grant’s character speaks in voiceover while you’re watching a scene unfold at Heathrow Airport. He says that whenever he feels gloomy about the state of world, he pictures the arrival gate at Heathrow, and points out that rather than scenes of hate, there is love everywhere—people hugging, kissing, running into each other’s arms and laughing.

SOURDOUGH RYE BROWNIES

January 25, 2020 Posie Brien

I’m walking down 82nd Street past the police precinct. It’s almost 6 PM; I’ve spent the past hour in Central Park, doing the wide loop around the reservoir as is my evening routine. I’m cold and so eager for a hot shower and pajamas and dinner that I can barely let myself think of the comfort ahead. I walk briskly, picturing each block ahead, only vaguely noticing the surroundings, aware of them only in my peripheral vision: parked police cars, a father holding open the glass door to a restaurant and helping his toddler step carefully down the stoop, a nice-looking yet wearied man walking his golden retriever.

Eating and adventuring.

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