NYC-based food blog featuring [mostly healthy] recipes, restaurant recommendations and how-to's
Okay, so do you guys remember that scene in Sex and the City 2 when Carrie runs into Aidan at that souk in Abu Dhabi and he lures her to his hotel under the pretense that they have the best muhammara in the city, where they eventually end up (spoiler alert!) kissing? Well, I am…
Baba Ganoush is a tough sell: it has a weird name, its muted brown color (not the, say, festive green of guacamole or red of salsa) can be sort of unattractive, and it’s made from burnt eggplant. However, if you have reservations about eating this traditional Middle Eastern dip, you’re just gonna have to forget…
Bean dips are quite a regular occurrence in my life. This time, I added tomatoes for tang and sriracha for heat, and thus, this fragrant, irresistible hors d’oeuvre was born. I’m not going to go as far as saying that this recipe will replace guacamole in your party snack repertoire but it will certainly make a…
In many of our lives (mine included), avocados only make an appearance in the form of guacamole, or amongst layers of meat, cheese and lettuce in a sandwich. This isn’t fair. There is no reason why this healthy and sinfully good fruit should not get to lead as exciting a life as its distant fruit…
Latin-American cuisine is not something I cook a lot of at home. I am not quite sure why since it is one of my favorites, but ever since these tequitos and now these ah-mazing platanos, I hope my patterns are changing. I tweeted about how excited I was to finally cook this exotic fruit and…
