chocolate

Here are my favorite ways to infuse my body with energy that actually aren't hard and take almost no effort. You don't have to be pregnant to use these ideas, so don't worry. Although, you might make a baby in the process.

Visiting my family in the Sierra Nevada foothills is one of the great pleasures of my life. I get to work, cook, and play while my amazing folks keep an eye on my kid. My inspiration and productivity skyrocket when I'm able to step away from my version of the daily grind and get a little refocused and centered. The food I make tastes a little better, and I move a little easier without a three-year-old constantly in tow.

This is becoming an expensive habit, but nothing really says “I love you” like homemade cookies, so I’m going with it.

Jacob (boyfriend) lives walking distance to a See’s Candies. This means that half the week I live walking distance to a See’s Candies — which, if you're me, is a little like living next to Disneyland.

As anyone who's ever had decent chocolate can tell you, Hershey's is garbage.

Call me a penny-pinchin' philistine but the artisanal-everything movement is making me crazy.

You may be surprised that some of your favorite indulgences are positively ancient in origin.

Not only is Belgium better than us at soccer—it may be the coolest country in the whole damn world.