Arame | the whole plate.

kitchen characters.

I’ve determined that I have three kitchen personalities.

There’s the planner, who mulls over flavors, carefully considers which would be the best trios or pairs, determines if the concept would be best suited to blending, roasting, caramelizing, or simply mixing on a plate.

Then, there’s the lazy cook, who throws the refrigerator’s contents together with [...]

health foods.

Tonight’s dinner was one of those that had me feeling like an official health nut.

It all began with arame, which I purchased a couple weeks back. I’ve wanted to make my own seaweed salad for some time now, as it is a necessity that I order it on the rare occasion I get sushi. [I [...]

something old, something new…

I think I’m still feeding off inspiration from the wedding. All weekend, I had things that were old, things that were new, borrowed, or blue bouncing throughout my brain. The random ideas show no sign of ending.

One was part of the wedding:

The pin we tucked under the folds of Sara’s skirt: old as in [...]