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first helpings on rosh hashanah day one: chickpeas in star anise and date masala; roasted carrots and parsnips with thyme; challah; green beans with ground almonds, garlic, and butter; quinoa-walnut pilaf homemade baklava for dessert rosh hashanah day two: halibut with red pepper and olive tapenade; quinoa-walnut pilaf; green beans [...] epic sandwich: roasted eggplant and tomato with goat cheese on focaccia from tazza epic ice cream: chocolate with balsamic vinegar and fleur de sel from blue marble Recently, during an all-too-common conversation in which I proclaimed my obsession with living in Brooklyn, somebody told me that she didn’t think she was “cool enough” [...] strawberry ricotta ice cream with pickled strawberries. Growing up, I was a voracious reader. I would get into a book, and I wouldn’t come up for air until I saw the back cover. I loved to lay there on my unmade twin bed, forgetting to eat, resisting sleep, absorbed in whatever work of young [...] pizza with mozzarella, artichokes, and rosemary from olio pizza e piu. mud pie ice cream and chocolate ice cream with rainbow sprinkles [guess which is mine] from emack and bolio’s. I always associate the return from vacation with a new start. I think it’s the timing; no matter how many years past academia [...] comfort from stogo: oatmeal cookie and chocolate hazelnut ice cream. Yesterday morning, in my usual rush out my apartment door, I pulled the necklace I wear nearly every day down over my ears. I bought this necklace in July 2008. It was a Sunday, and I had just left brunch with my two American friends [...] |
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