Back in late October, I plugged into the Google search window, “Iyengar workshop February”. What turned up was great fortune in terms of discovering a phenomenal Iyengar yoga instructor in NYC’s dynamic Lara Brunn, a truly special lodging in Mar de Jade, (tucked into the base of that lush volcanic jungle yonder), and the tiny [...]
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Recipe Test Wrap
December 16, 2011 – 11:18 am
Wiping down the last straggling crumbs from a six-week long Kitchen Boss season two, recipe test. I’ve been stuffed to the gills with tasty eats since the end of October – oof. Take a gander at that beautiful pie – look Ma, no wood burning or high-end oven at Pizzeria Heidi. One doesn’t need pricey [...]
Future Perfect
September 18, 2011 – 10:48 am
All I want is a yurt somewhere. Perched up high in the cold night air. With one enormous chair, oh! Wouldn’t it be loverly?
Escape from Siberia Tour ’11, Part 1: Tacos al Pastor
March 1, 2011 – 6:06 pm
With my toes glazed fittingly in OPI’s “My Chihuahua Bites” and ace-traveling companion, Karen, in tow, I flew off to the western coast of Mexico to escape the winter Siberia of Cleveland. Disloyalty, shmoyalty. Our unrelenting bitter, gray sludge of winter could smack the smile right off the perkiest pom pom princess, and any opportunity [...]
Home
November 1, 2010 – 8:03 am
As much as I’ve loved living and working in New York as part of the kitchen crew of Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn (if you have not yet tuned in – you must!), I’ve loved less that my temporary digs are without a kitchen that’s useful for much more than boiling water for coffee [...]
Weepy in Portland
April 30, 2010 – 10:01 am
“I’ve subscribed to Gourmet off and on for almost 30 years. I will be tossing out the June issue! Let’s see…what will I serve my guests from this issue? How about slab bacon adobo made with four pounds of bacon? I’ll serve it with refried black beans made with ten Mexican avocado leaves. I can [...]
Presenting “The Spice Trade” – a New monthly feature at Ohio Authority
April 17, 2010 – 8:11 am
I’m thrilled that Ohio Authority (with a special nod to editors Ivan Sheehan and Sarah Sphar), Ohio’s premier online magazine, has taken me on board to pen The Spice Trade, a new monthly column. With contributions stemming from a multi-talented community of informed writers, Ohio Authority keeps a knowing finger pressed to the pulse of what’s happening right [...]
Hot off the Grill: Grilled Plantains with Salty Cheese and Guava Paste from Steven Raichlen’s latest, Planet Barbecue
April 15, 2010 – 7:18 am
April showers brought May flowers, and also the long-awaited release of Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: 275 Recipes, 53 Countries, 6 Continents of Great Flavors. Steven, his assistant Nancy, myself and a couple of other conscientious crew busted out the recipe-testing portion of the book while tucked away in the lush tropical enclave of Coconut Grove, [...]
Warm up With a Spicy Dish, Hot Flow and a Cleveland Yoga giveaway!
March 5, 2010 – 9:41 am
Returning to the brutal cold and snow of my Motherland, Cleveland, after spending a lazy sunkissed week in the Mexican Yucatan was just plain old rude re-entry for this self-proclaimed freeze baby. Brrrrr. One snow angel at the first deep snowfall and I am DONE. Once home, I dropped the backpack that carried floaty little [...]
New Feature: Messin’ Up the Kitchen With…
February 18, 2010 – 12:12 am
Tomorrow I am headed down to Mexico. Goals: to read content that’s longer than a recipe, feel the sun and warmth on my body, listen to the ocean and pay heed to its healing wisdoms, to do cartwheels in the sand, to eat buckets of buttery avocado, tikin xic, sikil pak and sopa de mariscos, [...]
