Besides āWhat should I make for dinner?ā the question I get the most when people find out about my job as a cookbook author is āHow do you come up with your recipes?ā Itās a mysterious process that I donāt fully understand myself, but hereās a story that explains the most important part, at least […]
If thereās one thing I know about the Cup of Jo community, itās that we love pets. If a house tour features a shy cat or snuggly dog, I need to wait only three minutes until a flood of āBut what is the cat/pupās name/backstory/zodiac sign?!ā comments start flooding in. So, letās boost our serotonin […]
The other day while texting with a friend whoās a new mom, she shared a confession that made me want to reach out and hug herā¦ āItās way easier to do activities with the baby when my husband is with me, because I feel more confident with the support. But when Iām alone with him, […]
What are you up to this weekend? Our team came to Seattle, and now Iām spending the weekend with my twin sister and niece. Do you live on the West Coast? I always forget how much the air smells like pine and eucalyptus! Hope you have a good weekend, and here are a few links […]
Born and raised in China, Yinfan Huang is an illustrator and writer who has been published in The New Yorker. She has won awards from American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, and World Illustration Awards. Yinfan lives in NYC with her two cats and two chinchillas. You can follow her Instagram, if youād like. P.S. […]
This summer, on my familyās first international trip together, I was taking a solo walk through Irelandās Killarney National Park. The sun was setting, and the path had turned golden green, flanked by linden trees so thick with bees I thought at first that someone had mobilized a drone army. Beyond the path were rolling […]
My college-age daughter, Abby, was on her own working in Chicago for most of the summer, so when she came home to New York for the briefest of windows before heading back to school, I asked her an important question: What do you need to eat while youāre here? Since the last time she was […]
My friend Alison lost her dad a couple years ago, and she is planning to get a shrimp cocktail tattoo to commemorate him (and his love of the dish). How sweet is that? Curious, I asked Cup of Jo readers on Instagram to share their meaningful tattoosā¦ āThree years ago, we held an epic memorial […]
The other day, Anton and his friend were lounging around the house. āThereās nothing to doooooo,ā they lamented. āWeāve done evvvvvverything already.ā When we were growing up in Michigan, my own mom would have waved her hands and said, āGo play,ā and I would have grumbled off to read my book between the back of […]
What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I are going to Coney Island and enjoying this slightly cooler weather. Iām also on a brownies kick and would love to hear your favorite recipes, if youād be up for sharing! Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from […]