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Melissa Ford

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in Washington, D.C., The United States
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I never know what to put into one of these things. I mean, do I talk about my penchant for making up Yiddish words and trying to convince others that they’re real? My love of the penny whistle? My fears of white foods? Or do I tell you a tale about how I applied to my MFA program because I didn’t know what one did after college except remain in school indefinitely?

Long before I published my first book, I was a blogger, and I’m still a blogger to this day at the award-winning site, Stirrup Queens. Like my blogging character, Rachel Goldman, my own site was catapulted into a larger readership when the Wall Street Journal named it one of the top ten motherhood blogs. You can find me in all sorts of places around the Web including Facebook, Twi
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Mental Sampler 40

Many museums limit the size of the bag you can bring into exhibits to an A4 sheet of paper, or approximately 21 x 30 cm (8 inches x 11.5 inches… ish). My daily bag comes from Tom Binn, and I love it, but it’s 26.5 cm x 30 cm. It’s a small difference, but I […]
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Published on February 03, 2026 04:27
Average rating: 3.53 · 3,028 ratings · 388 reviews · 7 distinct worksSimilar authors
Life from Scratch

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Measure of Love

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Navigating the Land of If: ...

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Apart at the Seams

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Writing Interactive Fiction...

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Nidah

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“It is unfair that life doesn’t come with a rewind button; an undo button that can reset time after you make a terrible mistake.”
Melissa Ford, Measure Of Love

“The name of my blog was already Life from Scratch, and the food became a natural extension. It turned out that writing about food was the perfect jumping board to discussing the rest of my life too. If nothing interesting was happening, I could talk about how I learned to roast potatoes (the trick: put the cubed potatoes in a bag; splash in the olive oil, salt, rosemary, and garlic powder; and then shake to coat each potato evenly.)”
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