At the moment, I’m far away from home, in Stockholm to be exact. The days are long and constantly shift between clouds and blinding sunlight; you’re never quite sure if it’s going to rain or if you’re going to get a sunburn from minute to minute. I’ve been gone for nearly a week and still [...]
Once upon a time, I worked in an office and made money. It’s true, it happened. One day, a swarm of consultants descended upon us and made us take the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator test. When we got the results, (I’m an INTP) I was described as a “mad-scientist”, often distracted with many projects going at [...]
Yesterday I boarded a plane, and about 5 1/2 hours later I landed in Dublin. I’ll be gone for the next month or so but will try to keep up posting here in the meantime. I’ve got lost of tasty things and pretty projects to tell you about. I am once again sans digital camera [...]
I’m in L.A. for a few days, visiting with my family and relishing the heavenly west coast weather. Cool and grey, it would probably be infuriating if I lived here and were wishing for summer and the beach, but it’s pure bliss coming from the inferno that New York has been this past week. As [...]
This is currently my favorite way to cook vegetables: tossed in olive oil, dusted with salt and pepper and then roasted with some pine nuts just until tender. Once they come out of the oven they are coated in lemon juice and sprinkled with parmesan (grated works better but shaved parmesan looks prettier, don’t you [...]
New York is hot and sticky in the summer, which means lots of drinks must be made and consumed. Summer got an early start here, hitting us with 90-degree temperatures at the end of April. While it was a bit of a drag to pull out the air conditioner so early, it also means that [...]
I have been writing this blog for a whole year now. It started on a rainy New York day just like today. I talked about graham crackers and language, two of my favorite things in the world. It’s been a simple but monumental year, teaching, traveling, and almost finishing my Master’s degree (just one more month!). It’s [...]
I’ve been on a tomato kick recently. It’s the end of summer (actually summer pretty much exited stage left the moment September came into view) and I’m trying to cram as many fresh tomatoes into our diet as I can. I first made this pie over a month ago, and while we loved it then, [...]
Yesterday, at the farmers market, I went to visit the pickle man, to try the pickled green beans and he said it was nice to finally talk to me because “he sees me there every day.” It’s true, I am there all the time. I love it, I don’t love the crowds in Union Square, [...]
Have you ever made clafouti? Clafouti is a French flan-like desert traditionally made with cherries, though you can toss all number of fruits into the custard. I first made one ages ago, when I was a teenager, from a recipe in Martha Stewart Living. I remember at the time being surprised at how quickly it [...]