I made a deal with myself about food blogging. It goes like this: I will not blog everything I make just because I can and I will not recommend anything I create based on the sole reason that I made it.  A blogger code of ethics if you will. This deal means that the recipes [...]

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: [...]

I’m trying to get more into the farmer’s market this year. It’s part of my strategy to do more, think less. The farmer’s market is for me one of those live-by-the-seat-of-my-pants goals. I don’t mean that I’m cooking all of my meals with what I find there but just that diving into odd produce head [...]

Summer doesn’t officially start until June 22nd. That is silly because It feels like summer now. It is humid. We have a rickety fan in the window so that we can deny it is time to haul the air conditioner up from the basement. Weird half mosquitos-half flies found their way into our bedroom. But [...]

I love non-recipe recipes. The great thing about knowing what flavors and ingredients you like is that it makes creating fast, good meals without recipes easy. Black bean tacos are just that kind of thing. So while I’m sharing a recipe here technically, you don’t really need one. My recipe for black bean tacos & slaw [...]

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 [...]

Cooking on a budget. That is a hard thing to fess up to, with the craft beer and charcuterie plates of the world calling my name, but my food budget is paltry. Welcome to the world of publishing, friends. But does budget necessarily mean not fancy? I watch a lot of Anthony Bourdain episodes these days. [...]

Hello, blog! I’ve been away for a bit. I am back now. I am ready to cook. I went to Paris for seven really great days, then took some more time off from the internet after I got back. Paris was a lot like what I imagined. I did a lot of the touristy activities, [...]

The idea for making my own Italian sodas started late friday when I finally made it to the food truck Clover Food Lab in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Their cheap but delicious menu feature interesting vegetarian fair with strong flavors. Chickpea fritters, rosemary fries, and homemade ginger and brown sugar soda made up my first meal [...]

I’m no good at flipping a crepe. My crepes end up as delicious blobs on my plate. This time I had Brian flip mine. After eating several he made, I tried again. I am getting better because only a few became distorted edibles but still no luck. I eat my crepes, perfect or not. But [...]