bloggers and blossom.

On Thursday, I met up with three lovely NYC bloggers for dinner at Blossom, a higher-end vegan restaurant I’ve been dying to try.

appetizer: raw sweet potato rolls with almond-ginger dipping sauce

The food was certainly my style.   I got my essential glass of wine and my equally essential vegetables.  Sometimes, [...]

soup’s on.

Lately, I have been all about soup. Raw, cooked, roasted, it doesn’t much matter; if I’ve daydreamt a recipe in the past few weeks, it has very likely been a soup.

It must be the frozen weather, kindling cravings for flavors more pronounced.  I always enjoy adding spices of this and [...]

food and friendship.

I have many loves in my life – you’ve heard them all before:  food [of course], theater, travel, fashion, words, New York.

I love a lot of people as well – family, friends, artists, writers.

However, those two lists don’t always mesh.  My dad, for instance, shares my appreciation of travel and live theater, but fashion is [...]

when less is more.

A couple months ago, a good friend of mine came to visit me, along with her fiancé.  Running late as usual, I said hello and left them in my living room, busying myself with the important task of painting evening-appropriate makeup on my face.  While they waited, the fiancé asked for a mug of tea. [...]

ruts and routines.

Lately, I’ve been kind of a boring chef.  

I have good intentions, but life seems to continue getting in my way.  Yesterday, for instance, I dreamed up a broccoli-tahini soup and planned to whip it up for dinner.  But after yoga, a leisurely lunch out, a couple hours of article writing, and a couple more [...]