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    Glorious Granola from Eleven Madison Park

    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.

    Veggie U: It’s almost time for the 9th Annual Food & Wine Celebration

    This year, if work does not interfere with my fun, I aspire to make it to one of the best events of the year – Veggie U’s Food & Wine Celebration. Veggie U supports The Chef’s Garden’s educational program dedicated to teaching elementary students where their food comes from and improving their eating habits.

    Sprouted Grain and Coconut Flour Pancakes

    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

    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

    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

    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 [...]