The Tiny Appetite Kitchen is here.
Fifty small-portion, high-protein recipes for the appetite you actually have. The cookbook I needed at week six is out today.
The Quiet Part
Life around a table
Restaurants, travel, a changed interest in alcohol, and friends who miss the old routine.
The holiday table, in advance
A food holiday on a quiet appetite, planned ahead: eat something small first, bring the protein, take the small plate, and have one sentence ready for the relative.
Hosting dinner when you can’t eat much of it
Why I still host with a tiny appetite. The three-part menu that works for every eater, the host's small plate, and the useful trick of being busy in the kitchen.
Dating when dinner is the date
First dates built around food, with a tiny appetite. How I pick the place, what I order, when the medication comes up, and the man who ordered two desserts.
The wedding, the buffet, and the plate I didn’t finish
A long reception, a buffet line, a seat next to a woman named Carol who watched my plate, three bites of cake, and an hour on the dance floor.
Travel with a small appetite, from the airport to the family table
What I pack, what I buy at the gate, what goes in the hotel mini fridge, and how I survived three days with relatives who show love in casserole form.
Alcohol got boring and nobody warned me
The second glass lost its appeal and I discovered how many of my social scripts assumed a drink in hand. What I order now, and the mornings I got back.
The friend who misses the old routine
Nine years of Friday dinners, then five awkward months of one of us watching the other eat. The kitchen-counter conversation that fixed it, and what we rebuilt instead.
How to order at a restaurant when you can eat four bites
Appetizers as mains, sharing without a speech, the two sentences I say to every server, and why I asked for the box before I stopped apologizing for the plate.
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