Bread and circuses, people: Educate yourself on it so you can spot it when it’s being shoveled on you.

Marry Me Chicken. Marry Me Pasta. Marry Me Soup: I demand statistics. And for Divorce Me recipes to get equal time.

Let the Refrigerator Jinga Season begin!

Sometimes, you gotta. Hope I made my Aunt Rosalee proud.

Ladies and gents, we have a winner for “most North Carolina headline ever.” We knew you could do it, Gastonia.

I have a priest in my life who sends thoughtful pastoral letters when anyone in our parish dies. This weekend, he described a woman as “practicing radical candor.” And now I have a new goal to which I can aspire: #radicalcandor.

Am I the only one who keeps reading “Bluesky” as “Blue-ski”?

I’m new here: Longtime journalist and food writer in North Carolina, now semi-retired and freelancing. I’ll try to play nice.

@elissaaltman.bsky.social Fancy meeting you here, teach.