Help keep Salon independent

Ann Nichols

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My crippling student loan

Ann Nichols

The dilemma of a cook who finally lost weight

Ann Nichols

My “Top Chef” dreams go splat

Ann Nichols
A woman shopping in a grocery store

A field guide to grocery store shoppers

Ann Nichols
Young woman shouting at another woman through a megaphone (Mateusz Zagorski)

The hypocrisy of the green-living bullies

Ann Nichols

Some love for the Waffle House

Ann Nichols

Matzoh brei: French toast Passover style

Ann Nichols

I was a QVC junkie

Ann Nichols

“Hungarian Ice Cream” (noodles and fried cabbage)

Ann Nichols