October 18, 2020
🎉 I guess my birthday celebration starts… now… on the day that my friend mistakenly thought was my birthday. Though we’ve been friends for like 15 years. 😐 But I shouldn’t complain as The Greek got me a tent for my birthday and facilitated a great camping experience on the Read more…
October 16, 2020
The last few weeks has felt like 6 months. But I am eating well. Luckily I have some upcoming escapes on the calendar to balance my tremendous workload. In the meantime, these signs of the time. My perfecto pancakes. Ginger garnish in the works Pan-fried till crispy. Week 2, test Read more…
October 6, 2020
Fall is for roasted roots and vegetables the hue of the Earth in all its vibrance. And, thankfully, the busiest time of the year calls for the easiest dinner preparation–coat in olive oil, salt and pepper and set in the oven. Repeat. If only I can lesson plan this way. Read more…
October 3, 2020
Autumnal veggies are perfect for a heartwarming curry inspired by Vegan Richa. Though I probably should expand my lunch repertoire, a good curry is easy, satisfying throughout the week and such a perfect vehicle for whatever veggies I have laying around… Like a ton of kale… Withering away I had Read more…
September 15, 2020
I kind of made up this Indian-Thai Fusion Curry and hope it doesn’t offend either nation in any way. I just love these both cuisine’s flavor profiles so much. So this recipe has the things I love about both–thick, peanut-based sauce and a bunch of Indian spice. You can use Read more…
September 6, 2020
The worst part about the last days of summer is that you are farthest away from her return. But she is not quite gone yet. There is still time to worship, to lay under her—for hours as she roasts you good and well, imparting her powerful rays onto your surface Read more…
August 27, 2020
Nothing makes me feel more at home then filling up my sink with dishes and cooking up a storm. Of course having to adjust my spending necessitates my making my own meals, it is an option I miss on the road. First, potatoes. I have a hard time with them Read more…
August 11, 2020
It ain’t over till it’s over, I suppose. And with a mostly honored mandatory 2-week quarantine after my Virginia trip, I have plenty of scenes for part 11… before I go and get myself another mandatory quarantine after my big summer trip. But with punches, we roll. Making lemonade… watching Read more…
August 10, 2020
Dragon Fruit, or Pitaya, is usually a bit expensive. But my neighborhood produce shop Garden Hills, my go-to for quick, safe grocery shopping during this pandemic–and often my only human contact during the day, had a bunch for two-for $1! So I bought some. Mostly because alien egg-looking fruit is Read more…
July 20, 2020
Sunday’s produce delivery will not go to waste! Since freshness is difficult to get on the road, I prepared some snacks that will hopefully survive my cooler. Firstly, fruits with skins are generally good travelers. So apples, oranges, and plums are already prepped. But this huge beet would need some Read more…
Despite the continuing of restrictions, I try to get out often and stay busy–but safely. And since my car is not mine anymore, I have been sampling all kinds of mass transit. My favorite: The Ferry. My bike, here, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal when I missed a ferry. And Read more…
June 26, 2020
I found fibonacci perfection in this daisy along my walk. The rose season moves into daisy and lily days. One of the reasons I love summer in New York City. Tajin covered perfectly ripe mango for $3 on the street. Black Lives Matter outside Staten Island’s Borough Hall. But I’m Read more…
June 25, 2020
Soon I’ll be on my way, within an early summer get-away. So the produce needs to be used! I decided on whipping up an old fashioned tofu scramble… for its versatility, its ease and its deliciousness. And so you can try it out when you have your own variety of Read more…
June 23, 2020
No more pencils, no more books… oh wait! We haven’t used either since March! Though I have enjoyed seeing my students’ ceilings in our Google Meets, the school year is ending on a rather anti-climactic fashion. A trip to my school to pick up some curriculum planning stuff for summer Read more…
May 30, 2020
We’re up to the 7th edition of Scenes from a Quarantine! But the outside world is getting far more active than it’s been in months. But people are stressed. It all feels kind of weird, all of this restraint. A springtime trip to the nursery is always a pick-me-up. I Read more…
May 15, 2020
So I didn’t make cookies in this turnover. Because Sweet Rice Flour or Glutinous Rice Flour is predominantly used in Asian preparations, I had to try that direction using this recipe to make savory Korean pancakes. But look at how many jars I got to use! I also decided I’d Read more…
May 6, 2020
Here are the latest highlights from the Quarantine cafe! First in the bakery, my failed sourdough starter. It was bubbling nice and fine, but I accidentally killed it. I’m starting another tomorrow, because… persistence. Next a stop at the bar before I’m seated at the best seat in the house. Read more…
April 24, 2020
So that macaron trial meant three, count ’em, three cans of chickpeas to use up while I whipped their brine into a fluffy Italian meringue. In the days that followed a big Ziploc of those beige beauties called to me seductively when I opened the fridge. I also needed a Read more…
April 21, 2020
I decided I’d take my accordion out in quarantine and try to learn how to play it. Of course I had to put on my German dirndl… because that is the closest region of garb I have, though it’s way off. Things: I need to replace the leather shoulder straps Read more…
April 11, 2020
I can’t just let some fantastic pickles sit there in the fridge. And since I processed the rest of those over-cooked slow cooker veggies, turning them into veggie burgers, I needed some buns, hun. So after a quick search, this recipe for pretzel buns. Though they didn’t rock my world Read more…
April 10, 2020
…Another Sweet, that was my dinner. Perfect golden pancakes… blueberry pancakes. Out of all the things I make, I am always 100% satisfied with my pancakes. Perhaps because I have made them consistently for decades of my life. Even more consistently than chocolate chip cookies. So enjoy the visual fruit Read more…
April 8, 2020
Though I was first feeling like this about the drastic shift in my work duties… …I’m feeling better now. Routines have been created and there’s no dress code, though I rocked the tutu yet again to make some example pictures for my students who I was assigning a homebound version Read more…
April 7, 2020
I have been devouring raw daikon… It’s a pretty hardcore snack, perhaps the gateway snack to my nibbling on raw horseradish! The radishes, in general, are pretty bad ass snacks. They’re roots, so they’re like taking a bite of the Earth, and their pungent spice knocks you out… like wasabi. Read more…
April 1, 2020
I am a tremendous fan of this recipe… using potato and carrot to make cheese sauce? Ingenious! And I am sharing it now as it is a huge pick-me-up for snacks that are very easily accessible. No need to weave in and out of the grocery store trying to social Read more…
March 31, 2020
is lots of ginger, onion and garlic. And turnip. And radish. Clean food. Low calorie, high nutritional content. Are you still eating garbage and complaining about how you look, how you feel, how weak your immune system is, how much you aren’t going to the bathroom, how much energy you Read more…
March 23, 2020
What a strange time we are within. More true now than ever… I’ve relocated my quarantine because The Greek‘s the quarantine host with the most. Like this view… And these provisions… The clank after a solid day of exploring Rockaway’s abandoned places… thee most perfect activity given these times of Read more…