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 [...]
Who doesn’t love a big bowl of soup when it starts to get cold out? This is a ridiculously easy recipe for curried butternut squash soup. Despite the fact that it is a meatless, dairy-free recipe, this soup is creamy and substantial, and it will fill you up on a blustery late-autumn day. I doubled [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
My dear friend Mariana was in town from her home in Puerto Rico and all she wanted from me was kugel. She had been away from New York for such a long time that this was to be her first visit to my beloved kitchen; how could I possibly deny her special request? There were [...]
Sending my readers a nice and summery lunch recipe from the Jersey Shore! This post pays homage to Old Bay seasoning, a classic yet oft underappreciated kitchen staple that adds a tangy but familiar zing to everything- sea food, steaks, even eggs at breakfast. Try it with this refreshingly tasty shrimp salad, which we enjoyed [...]
This incredibly nutritious, tasty and satisfying stew has generously feed the huddled masses of friends who have dropped by my apartment seeking shelter from the rainstorms that have pummeled New York City for the past 5 days. There is so much flavor and richness going on in this stew, you’d never even think about how [...]
