Caramels can be finicky, too high of temperature and the caramels can be too hard, too low, it won't set properly. I've spent some time making caramel topping, hard caramels, and finally...finally tackled soft caramel chews. Those delicious bites, delicately chewy, sticking to your teeth in the just the right way, bursts of salt and … Continue reading Gifts!: Soft Caramel Chews
The neoliberal agenda, or modern loaves and fishes
Neoliberalism is fundamentally the idea that if two people would like to make a deal that does not directly affect anybody else, we should let them. It is opposed both to regulation and cartels, and the neoliberal agenda can take credit the de-regulation (and union cartel breaking) that allowed for containerization of global shipping, as well as … Continue reading The neoliberal agenda, or modern loaves and fishes
Gentrification, or a series of barely coherent thoughts
Over at Meisselspot (deep in the archives at this point), Yonah Meisselman has a thought-provoking piece on gentrification. The whole post is worth reading (really, go click through and read it), but the core takeaway is this: like "capitalism" and "essays I wrote in high school," I find "gentrification" to be a rather incoherent mess … Continue reading Gentrification, or a series of barely coherent thoughts
You Will Make a Mistake
When you graduate medical school and you're fresh faced, new, and excited. But in the back of your mind you know that one day, not too far in the future, you'll make a mistake and it will hurt someone. Every order you enter, every parameter you set is a way that someone can get hurt. … Continue reading You Will Make a Mistake
Goat Cheese Crostini with Roasted Pomegranate Eggplant
Make these this weekend. Really. Make it. This recipe was my turning point. Intern year is hard man -- you are worked, and then you come home and you read, and you study, and then you're worked some more. You see things that you did not know were possible, you see pathology that you only … Continue reading Goat Cheese Crostini with Roasted Pomegranate Eggplant
Lemon Cupcakes filled with basil-lemon curd
It's our 10 year anniversary. Mine and Tylers. How crazy is that? We've been dating for 10 years. Nuts. To celebrate, here's some cake! Lemon cupcakes. I made these hoping to bring on true spring. Not ice storm spring. It's been a wild ride in as an Intern thus far. Nights, the Newt, so many admissions, … Continue reading Lemon Cupcakes filled with basil-lemon curd
Tolerance Through Books
So much of history is forgotten so quickly -- out of sight, out of mind as my mother says. We forget how quickly we can devolve in our worst selves. We stand upright, we opine on matters intellectual, we think for ourselves, but we can rapidly fall apart into an animalistic them vs us perspective. We need … Continue reading Tolerance Through Books
Intern Year Hacks
I feel like I start a lot of posts with, "So it's been a while..." Well, it has been a while. Anyways, intern year is hard. It's hard emotionally, physically, mentally -- it's hard. I'll write more about that later...but for now, HACKS! How to make intern year easier? Keep an e-calendar - I hated e-calendars … Continue reading Intern Year Hacks
Trump Underestimated Captain America
Looking back at the protests of the first 10 days of Trump's presidency, I realize the fundamental miscalculation that he's made. Cultural identity matters, and the core of the American identity is that, like Captain America, we fight tooth and nail against injustice. Obviously this is an ideal that we often fall short of, but in the … Continue reading Trump Underestimated Captain America
Salted Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies
I am about half way through intern year, and there is so much I want to say. I want to tell you about the first time I wrote orders for a patient. I want to tell you about the first mistake I made, and what I learned from it. I want to share with you … Continue reading Salted Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies
The Clumsy Cook 