by Kristine Madera | Sep 13, 2022 | Articles, Blog
Filet of Soul First published in WNC Woman Magazine Relationship Issue Borscht isn’t what springs to mind when you think of soul food, but borscht was on the table the first time someone sliced right through his heart and offered up a sliver of soul for me to savor....
by Kristine Madera | Mar 8, 2022 | Articles, Blog
Spicing Up the Tropics, by Kristine Madera First published in a food issue of WNC Woman Magazine In the jungle of Papua New Guinea, there are few options but to eat the local fare. My husband and I were posted in the craggy rural mountains of this beautiful but...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 11, 2022 | Articles, Blog
Feminists: The New F Word, by Kristine Madera Article first published in WNC Woman Magazine Remember the first time you said that deliciously illicit F word? Yes, that one. You know you’ve said it, even if only to yourself. You probably learned in school from the boys...
by Kristine Madera | Nov 9, 2021 | Articles, Blog
The Art of Desire by Kristine Madera Article first published in WNC Woman Magazine If you’ve been on this planet for more than ten years, then you’ve probably heard the evils of instant gratification—it makes you lazy, selfish, a bad citizen, and the queen of them...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 23, 2020 | Articles, Blog
Birthquake by Kristine Madera Article first published in WNC Woman Magazine 2012 I had the most luscious gift as I stretched my eyes open on the morning of my 40th birthday. No, it wasn’t a gourmet breakfast in bed, or a diamond bracelet on the nightstand, it was a...
