Wow, getting featured on WordPress Freshly Pressed this past weekend was awesome. Thanks to WordPress and all the fun people who found my humble recipe blog. I hope you found something useful here (and didn’t mind all my snarky comments.) So, ginger lemonade makes one mean mixed drink as well as a great twist on [...]

I call these halva cookies. Never heard of halva? Me too, until college. But I swear every bodega and convenience store in New York City sells halva bars. Halva is sweet, slightly salty, and made of sesame tahini. Addiction doesn’t begin to describe how much I like halva. This cookie is an ode to sesame [...]

Oh yes,  pickled red onions are awesome. I pile them on sandwiches, burgers, tacos and salads. I even eat them straight out of  the jar. My best use of them yet was when I layered them in a warm pita stuffed with ras el hanout spiced turkey burgers, shredded carrots, spinach and tahini. Perfection! These [...]

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 [...]