The calendar may say spring, but the view of snow-fluttered trees out my kitchen window still describes days of winter. My daughter is away on her senior class spring break excursion and I’ve been keeping the cupboard relatively spare while cooking for one.
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March 29, 2013
Five Days in Tulum (is never enough)
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Early Spring Breakfast: Soft Eggs and Cortez Bottarga
November 17, 2012
Mai Chai
May 21, 2012
Rhubarb Jam: An iphoneography Pictorial
May 13, 2012
Pulling Mussels
April 2, 2012
Spring, Shoots, and Leaves: Seasonal Styling With Photographer Clarissa Westmeyer
March 29, 2012
Test shoot: Carrots
March 18, 2012
A pinch of this, a stir of that
March 12, 2012
Chicken Croquettes: The Real McCoy
March 5, 2012
A Taste of Chacala
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Category Archives: Breakfasts
Glorious Granola from Eleven Madison Park
January 14, 2012 – 4:01 pm
A meal at Eleven Madison Park is captivating – an exquisite parade of culinary jewels to be savored mouthful by grinning mouthful, and the delight doesn’t stop when the last trace of dessert is cleaned from the plate.
Sprouted Grain and Coconut Flour Pancakes
March 6, 2011 – 12:46 pm
My last media project was a monumental two month-long recipe test/development for TLC’s Kitchen Boss series. What exactly did that mean? It meant that on extremely short notice, I said yes to a new and wonderful gig, packed up my belongings in New York and scurried back to Cleveland. It also meant taking a little [...]
Brick Toast and Kaya
April 16, 2009 – 8:45 am
Falling for kaya, the sweet and luscious coconut jam so popular in Malaysia and Singapore isn’t difficult to do. Most commonly served at breakfast on white bread or toast sandwiched with butter and a side of soft boiled egg, this meal started my day several times while visiting those two countries. Homemade kaya is a [...]
Chewing and Swallowing the Broken Bits
May 19, 2008 – 8:47 am
Sustenance: she ain’t always pretty Fresh off of a wonderful trip to San Francisco and Seattle that was filled with an unending parade of gustatory delights, my re-entry did not allow for any postprandial downtime. I was immediately sucked into a vortex of decay and rubble. Broken bones, broken hearts, and broken promises all serve [...]
Overnight Sensation
February 17, 2008 – 12:54 pm
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin And so I begin my inaugural post. My love for fresh whole foods was planted firmly in place at a young age. Growing up in the suburbs of [...]
