Cooking Simplified
In a departure from my standard Sunday prep, I went for a dish involving both gluten and dairy. That’s right, no substitutions and no avoiding the good stuff. Over a year ago, I started eating semi-Whole30 during the week – which basically amounts to vegan and gluten free (if, like me, you don’t eat meat). …
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 to compare my daily mileage has become my end-of-day obsession. This weekend, I uncovered the not so surprising root of this step-counter-compulsion: my parents. They were …
My brothers and I used to stand on the little grassy patch behind the basketball net, heads tilted back, spitting our watermelon seeds as high and far as possible – all in an effort to clear the fence that divided our yard from our neighbor’s yard. It was a tall fence and I don’t remember …
It could have been the torrential downpour in the city, or it could have been the fact that I had just returned from seeing the Paris Belle Epoque musical Gigi, but something in me decided that listening to jazz and roasting veggies was the best way to spend my Sunday evening. With the windows open …
Hello from my brand new studio apartment! I am loving every minute of living in my obsessively clean space, from guilt-free selfishness to the occasional evening spent in a towel wrap. There is, however, one bonus I just didn’t see coming. Perhaps I should provide a bit of background…although I don’t love math and I certainly don’t …
I used to find it odd that culinary schools focus on chemistry as a foundation to cooking. But it makes perfect sense: to inherently understand the nuances of each ingredients and its best pairings, no recipes or research needed, is to truly cook. The inspiration for this recipe comes from an unlikely source. A friend’s hairdresser, …