When I was growing up, I hated April fool’s day. I was the youngest of three, which meant that every joke would be at my expense and I was never quite old enough to exact [...]
Archive | Uncategorized RSS feed for this section
Climate change, allergies and mucus: Achoo!
When I was in my mid-twenties, my brother had a crazy idea to ditch out on work for a month to walk the Camino de Santiago. For those not familiar, the Camino is an ancient [...]
Hot cheeeeze: climate change and the future of deliciousness
As I’ve written many times before, being married to a food writer has exposed me to unusual, delicious, disturbing and most of all, abundant amounts of food. I’ve found myself in numerous gluttonous situations where [...]
Earthworm of the Apocalypse
Being a Bostonian in the Bay area is a weird experience. The summers are freezing, the winters mild and the spring and fall are the warmest part of the year. When leaving the house yesterday [...]
Climate Change and Great Tits
When I started writing my blog, I noticed a direct relationship between titles and clicks. Fart in the title? That was pretty popular. Sex? Loads of clicks. Sexual dysfunction? Even more. Clown fish incest? Wow, [...]
The future tastes bitter: climate change and the flavors ahead
This past December, my husband and I were invited to participate in an Iron Chef cook-off, where contestants were given an ingredient and had to create the most interesting, delicious and unusual dish possible. This [...]
Dieting: one more thing for climate change to ruin
It is a rite of passage after moving to Northern California to take on your first diet. I’m not talking about dieting to lose weight, nor am I talking about those boring diets that are [...]
The Future is Queasy: climate change and foodborne illness
When traveling the world, you find yourself taking a lot of risks. Often you’ll reflect back on these travels and think: “I can’t believe I got into that car” or “My god! That man was [...]
Feelin’ Hot, Hot, Hot: Climate Change and Spicy Food
It is tough being a freelance writer. You have to be pitching stories left and right, grabbing interviews whenever you can and literally dance for every drink, every lunch and every story. Meanwhile, any jerk [...]
Climate change and seaweed sex: Facebook was right, it’s complicated
One of the greatest challenges of writing a science blog is that I generally have 800 words to describe something extremely complex. Take my blog on Lyme Disease. Lyme disease has many hosts, from ticks [...]
