NYC-based food blog featuring [mostly healthy] recipes, restaurant recommendations and how-to's
When I see people on HGTV criticize the size of what seem to me perfectly comfortable suburban kitchens, it really grinds my gears. Us New Yorkers will never know the joy of empty cabinets, let alone entire spare bedrooms. When Rene and I first saw what is now our apartment, we thought there was no…
Before starting my job at a “health-supportive” culinary school, I didn’t really get the whole farmers market thing. Sure it’s cute to buy produce out in the open air like in some small French town, but it just seemed so pretentious. I saw the Greenmarket as a hoity-toity place where hipsters would languorously browse through organic…
You know those perfectly orchestrated weekday mornings when everything goes smoothly and you’re out the door just in time? Yeah, me neither. Weekday mornings are hectic and if you’re like me, you often find yourself rushed, disgruntled and uttering all sorts of colorful language before 8am. There always seems to be just one more thing…
Since Rene has lived in Cobble Hill for the last couple of months, I have been spending a lot of time there. I’ve always been fond of the neighborhood but now I love it even more. It’s lively yet quaint and entirely self-sufficient. There’s a ton of grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques and parks…
When I was about one, I got sick with a bad case of bronchitis, so much so that the doctors warned my mom about the worst case scenario. Ukrainian hospitals at the time were not up to par with American ones so I’m sure I was not treated the way I should’ve been. I had…
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and you do not want to wait until the last minute to get a gift for the woman who gave you life, raised you, and sacrificed her personal aspirations and girlish figure for you. I’ve combed through the interwebs and found the best foodie gifts that mom is sure to…
