chopped and colored.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my post earlier.  If you haven’t yet, please do!  Your comment equals a food bank donation!

Today, I visited my hairdresser for a trim and a bit of color.  I have absurdly thick hair, and up until two years ago, it was also very very long.  My aunt actually used [...]

blog it forward.

Food is an important part of my life.  I cook  and create meals multiple times daily.  I browse farmers’ markets and grocery stores for fun.  I enjoy long restaurant meals with my family.  I chat about recipes with my mom over the phone.  I write about it in this blog.

I don’t have the greatest history [...]

pleasing to the mind and the eye.

Well, I’ve had – a day.  You know those days.  I’ll keep the complaints to myself and get right to nicer things.

Simple foods and good aesthetics always brighten my mood, so dinner was perfectly comforting.  A salad of baby spinach, watermelon, feta, and fresh basil.  Incredible combination, seriously.

Along with toast and brazil nut butter, which [...]

take a walk.

I have always loved walking.  Even before I learned to associate it with exercise, miles covered, or calories burned, I truly enjoyed the practice.

In college, I lived about forty blocks from the set of buildings designated as my campus.  While I was typically running too far behind schedule to take a stroll to class, [...]

anticipated and new.

One of the reasons for my passion for food also accounts for my adoration of travel.  There is an excitement and a curiosity inherent to globetrotting: you may have preconceived ideas about the culture you plan to visit, but you can never know the accuracy of those notions until you’ve seen the place with your [...]