I recently had the pleasure of spending a week in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where I ate some of the best seafood and barbeque of my life. Case in point: Freshly caught and steamed peel and eat shrimp at Dockside ‘N Duck. Also worth mentioning in terms of life-altering dining experiences was my [...]
“YANKEE STADIUM!” The butcher at Fairway pronounced with pride as he displayed the gorgeous 13-rib crown pork roast that I had ordered for this year’s Pan Chance. What is this “Pan Chance,” you ask? A fancy little annual holiday dinner party that my friend Gregory hosts every year- you can read all about it here [...]
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 [...]
What does one do with a $20 Groupon credit at Whole Foods? Purchase some locally sourced, grass-fed, humanely-raised veal shanks of course, perfect for making a big pot of osso bucco. This is generally a special occasion kind of meal; it is rich and decadent, and often culminates in the slurping of marrow straight from [...]
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 [...]
On Thursday night we anxiously made it down to our shore house, half expecting it to have been badly flooded by last weekend’s storm. Thankfully, it was still standing and had incurred no damage at all! Our Labor Day weekend celebrations began at once, and although we shared some truly memorable meals, we did not [...]
Bánh mì Vietnamese sandwiches have a flavor profile that I constantly crave; the savory chew of roasted pork in spicy aioli, the crunchy pickled carrot, the slow burn of jalapeño pepper, the crisp brightness of cilantro, all on a chewy french baguette. But it’s summertime, and I’ve had tacos on the brain as of late. [...]
Back in NYC, I found it truly difficult to separate myself from the flavors of Southern California after my vacation. It took a legitimate week before I began craving food again that did not center around a Mexican flavor profile- more specifically, a Tilapia fish taco profile. But inspiration is born of necessity, and once [...]
