Clearly I haven’t been blogging much lately. I have been still creating a lot good eats–like fig and cashew granola and apple-squash curry soup–but the blog has become a wee bit dusty in the meantime. Sometimes you just need a break from things though. I learned something fundamental last night that inspired me to post: [...]

Kitchen failures. That is the theme of January so far. First, my pita breads did not puff up in the oven. I pleaded with them. I rolled them thinner. But they ended up as limp mini pizzas. Was it me or the recipe? I can’t tell. Worst of all is that I just don’t have [...]

I spent Saturday in Portland, Maine with Brian.  It was a spur of the moment trip. Brian and I have vowed to travel every corner of New England while living in Boston, and Portland was high on the list of desintations. While there we happened upon Rabelais Books, a bookstore dedicated solely to food and [...]

  I have been craving the carrot ginger salad dressing that you get in sushi restaurants for weeks. I  have been scribbling the name down on post it notes, printing out the recipe several times (to only lose it later) and relentlessly describing the dressing to anyone interested in hearing me talk endlessly about food. [...]