A Good Excuse For Cookies

I’ve actually never been a sweet-tooth, give me salty or smoky food any day. But the chocolate cravings I’ve been having since breastfeeding put my pregnancy cravings to shame. Plus, since the 6-week mark (and with the hot weather) pumping has been difficult and well, mama needs her freezer supply for wine tastings. Enter: Lactation…

Flip’s Tips: How to enjoy summer with a newborn

I am solar-powered. If I don’t get enough sunlight each day I last about as long as an iPhone – dead by dinnertime. But like so many things, spending time in the sun is bloody hard to do with a newborn. It’s February and I have swum in the sea just twice, which for me…

Cabbage and The Pumpkin Soup Months

Here are a few words and a recipe I wrote back in 2008 – my last real southern winter until 2015… If only I was five. Someone would clean up after me, I wouldn’t have to pay for a thing, I could be demanding and sulky without people cutting me out of their address books,…

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Flip Grater is a folk singer, cookbook author, mother, activist and business owner.