Discovering the step-counter on my phone has been…a challenge. I am competitive to a fault – a trait that I mostly wish would go away – and being able…
It’s mid-April and NYC is still fighting the warm weather. Even today, with the temperature climbing into the 80’s, the city wasn’t having it. Rain clouds moved in as…
I’ve been out of the kitchen for a long time – which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because I’ve been busy; I got to…
New York is full of game-changing food ideas. In such a competitive environment, only the strongest of ideas and executions survive. But every so often, a mediocre restaurant slips…
I suggest you look out the window tomorrow at 5 PM. That light, reflecting off of the tops of buildings and casting a sherbet pink glare on the clouds,…
Nothing intimidates me more than recipes that require obscure ingredients – or at least ingredients I can’t find at a chain grocery store. Hence my hesitation to cook Indian…
I can still taste the buttered bread from the grilled cheese sandwiches we used to have once a week at sleep-away camp. Grilled cheese day was also tomato soup day…
I’m back! My winter holiday was filled with eating – from the oh so traditional Jewish Chinese feast on Christmas to French and Israeli home-cooking with my mom. Needless…