NYC-based food blog featuring [mostly healthy] recipes, restaurant recommendations and how-to's
As far as awesomeness-per-ounce goes, herbs pretty much take the cake. Just a small amount can add freshness, powerful nutrients and aesthetic value to almost any dish. Dill, for example - an herb I am very familiar with and fond of thanks to my Eastern European heritage - has an earthy, bright flavor, and a…
Since moving into our own place a few months ago, Rene and I have really been enjoying building our home bar. “Home is where the liquor is” - isn’t that how the saying goes? Crabbie’s ginger beer is one of our new favorite cocktail ingredients. I first got to sample Crabbie’s at Edible Manhattan’s Good…
“Favorite Foodies” is a Q&A-style series in which I feature people I admire from the food world. I first stumbled upon Alana’s blog Fix Feast Flair through Twitter, and was immediately charmed. I loved her minimalist yet beautiful photographs and approachable voice, and knew the woman behind this blog must have major style (turns out I was…
Even Better With an Egg is a series dedicated to my personal aspiration to turn every meal into brunch. When I first thought of this series, I tried to recall dishes I’ve had in the past that could’ve used a little extra oomph. Garlic tomato fried rice from Bunker Vietnamese came to mind almost immediately. I remembered…
I tend to shy away from cocktails that contain various liquors, flavorings, juices, etc. Opting for simplicity instead, I believe the secret to making a great drink - like a great dish - is using high-quality ingredients. There is just no need to hunt down ten obscure items to make one cocktail, amiright? For this, I…
Even Better With an Egg is a series dedicated to my personal aspiration to turn every meal into brunch. Arriving home after a tiring day of work a few weeks ago, I was really looking forward to a warm dinner and a cold beer, and decided to make a quick vegetable pad thai. Upon taking…
