Meet Tomato. If you’ve been following along for any sort of time, you may not actually know her, but you know her. We met in college oh-so-many years ago, and neither one of us seems to be able or wiling to shake the other. She,…
Last night signaled the end of an era. When I first moved to the city eight years ago, I was somehow lucky enough to immediately secure a tight group of girlfriends. Apple Crisp and I were besties from college, as were Vert and Frites. All…
Happy Almost Birthday to me! I’m going to celebrate with myself and this Mom’s broiled chicken. If you’ve been following along the past two years, you know that I always give myself a two week break from the map to share and dig into…
You will love today’s dish. You’ll love it for a lot of reasons. You’ll make it, love it, and then you’ll love me. Here’s why: Easy Fast Cheap Healthy Delicious Are those the five standards for the perfect dish? Maybe not in your kitchen,…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Week! I realize that if I was going to give you some St. Paddy’s day recipes, I should have done it last week so that you’d have them in advance. However, then I’d be eating these goodies a week early, and…
Due to an unexpected day of fun in South Bend to watch some college football, my weekend got cut a bit short. Unfortunately, my to-do list did not, and I spent most of yesterday cooking, cleaning, and laundry-ing. Mostly cooking. On that to-do list was…
I met Lettuce on our third day of law school and we immediately bonded over being science majors, not being from Louisiana and our Eastern European backgrounds, she being Polish, and me being Hungarian. Over the years, we’ve both realized how much these two cultures…
Admittedly, I’ve become cranky in my old age. On my last few vacations, I’ve found nothing to be more annoying and unpleasant than being in the same place at the same time as a large group of high school students on an international tour. I…
Sorry for the delay in posting. I timed things badly since I didn’t realize that today’s breakfast- Gravlax- took 36 hours to cure. My bad. From what I’ve found, Scandinavian breakfasts are a far cry from the cereal, muffins and pancakes that we typically enjoy…
