I have recently taken up a new hobby. Up until now, I have killed every plant I’ve ever owned, but it’s no secret that I love cooking with herbs, and I love the idea of growing my own even more. So I’ve been cultivating a little herb garden on my windowsill. How cute is my [...]
I’m back! Want to know how I survived what will have been my craziest semester of graduate school, without caving in and ordering take-out every night? With recipes like this one, that didn’t take me more than a half hour to cook. Steamed fish and vegetables in parchment paper packets- if you are someone who [...]
After the first week of school, I came down with an annoying cold. I am only starting to learn a bit about Ayurvedic healing, but both my yoga teacher and my acupuncturist suggested that my immune system was being compromised by the recent change in the season, and that it would be a good idea [...]
In the town where I grew-up, there is a Mediterranean restaurant that serves an outrageously delicious bowl of Avgolemono, or Greek egg and lemon soup. It is my father’s favorite, and I love it too, so I made my own version by finding an old school basic recipe and pumping up the flavor profile (and [...]
It truly was an unforgettable summer. The beach, the barbecues, the corn, the tannest I’ve ever been in my life, the last summer before I graduate with a master’s degree and enter the workforce. After a stellar Labor Day weekend, it’s been miserably rainy and cold in New York. My classes started again and I’m [...]
When I went to the exquisite Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibit at the Met last month, I had lunch at the cafe on the roof of the museum. As expected, the cafe menu was not terribly exciting, but the one offering that peaked my interest was a curry tofu apple salad in a whole wheat [...]
