butternut squash and apple cider soup.

raw brussels sprout salad with hazelnuts and cheddar; butternut squash and cider soup.

I think my biggest personality fault is trying to do too much.  I have a lot of interests, and I like to indulge them all.  My relationships are important to me, which means maintaining an active social life.  I want to do [...]

spring pea and fennel soup, and eating real food.

Three and a half weeks ago, I moved out of the apartment I used to share with my older sister, Ally. I’m beyond happy in my new place, obviously, and I think my sister is content with her new situation too: she has a new roommate, a friend of hers, [...]

salads for summer.

I have been eating very simple food lately. A few factors have contributed to this development:

It’s hot. My new apartment doesn’t have air conditioning in the kitchen, so turning on the oven seems a rather sadistic move, even for a heat-lover like me.
I have been eating out a lot.  The past few [...]

brooklyn bound.

I often convince myself I am capable of doing anything on my own. Move to a big city? Find a job in a foreign country? Take a solo weekend trip when I know six words in the local language? No sweat.

When I was interviewing for jobs a couple years back, my response [...]

blogiversary #2 and another grown-up meal.

So, I missed my own blogiversary.

In an odd way, that sort of seems appropriate given the limited quantity of posts that have been published around here recently. Still, I think 2 years of blogging is a milestone worth recognizing.

It’s hard to believe I started this little blog a full two years and 5 days [...]