looking forward.

I have a tough time keeping my head in the present.

Currently, as an intern, I don’t have much idea of what my professional life will look like past this spring.  I know that now it’s going as perfectly as I had hoped.  I know that I am learning, observing, and accomplishing each and every day. [...]

dislikes.

I figured I had one post this week inspired by negativity, so why not continue the trend?

Actually, I promise this post is not heavy in the slightest.

2010 has already put me in contact with many new people, and those meetings inevitably involve an element of small talk.  Somehow, food always seems to come up.  It’s [...]

keeping it classic, and rosy latkes.

Chanukkah is well underway, and last night, I finally got to celebrating with a plate of latkes.  My sister visited our mom last weekend, and it had been promised that leftover latkes would be brought back to the city for me.  Sadly, that didn’t happen [she did come home bearing a two-pound bag of oats [...]

kitchen magic.

New GoBackpacking post!

I made something yummy last night.

It was one of those perfect culinary evenings.  The idea popped into my head last week, when I was filling out Brooke’s survey, and the produce required basically made up the only items on my grocery list this week, as I head to Connecticut tomorrow.

The timing of everything was perfect. [...]

bursting with flavor.

A couple weeks ago, my mom and I were chatting about recipes, which isn’t particularly out of the ordinary.  She showed me one she had recently clipped from a magazine at her hair salon – dedicated chefs will find inspiration in the most unlikely places.

I was immediately struck with the need to make it as [...]