Archive - A Small and Simple Thing

Notes from California

A dispatch on ingredients and simplicity

Jul 16 •

Make This: Popsicle Party

A special edition for parents or anyone who likes a popsicle

Jul 8 •

June 2025

Make This: Sungold Sauce

An easy fish supper and a pasta to stun your enemies

Jun 30 •

Brand and Humor

Jun 26 •

Make This: Brothy One-Pot Fish & Veg

An easy, elegant, and delicious technique for fish in the summer

Jun 23 •

Slow and Low in Cape Cod

American Summer

Jun 18 •

Make This: Pasta with Peas and Smoked Trout

Easy cooking from the cupboard and the freezer

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Go Here: High and Dry in Santa Fe

I’ll cut to the chase: this is a guide to Santa Fe, a place I love, a spiritual vortex, a place of immense power.

May 23 •

Make This: Banana Date Miso Smoothie

I don’t like the word “smoothie,” but I like drinking smoothies.

May 22 •

Chickpea Aguachile

Palm Heights in Grand Cayman, a place I’ve written about before, is one of my favorites, and the food is a big reason why.

May 21 •

Do YOU like butter?

Owning your preferences

May 12 •

On Style: What A Difference A Belt Makes

Recently I’ve been seeing more of Simon Porte Jacquemus, owing to his recent openings in NYC and Los Angeles.

May 5 •

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