June 4, 2023
The long goodbye to New York City starts now at my favorite Manhattan neighborhood: Chinatown. Why? Well, food and colors. I picked up some sweet treats here at Bangkok Center Grocery. More on that later… Street eats from 46 Mott Street Deli, a small counter spot near Vegetarian Dim Sum Read more…
November 25, 2020
Welcome back to my Scenes From a Quarantine series! Because 2020 said so. Convinced of this being a short-term predicament, let us continue to embrace the bizarre of this before it is buried in our collective memories. O.G. vegan: Bean curd with broccoli in garlic sauce with vegetable fried rice. 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…
November 29, 2019
Ok, it’s been 11 years. So I suppose I can declare Thai crepe or Park Mor, a Thai dumpling filled with sweet turnip and peanut, one of my favorite things to eat. Now it is no secret that I am a huge Thai food fan. But this traditional appetizer is Read more…
November 5, 2019
Airport knees. Because I still sit like a 10 year old. The tail end. Good for them! I like my tables etched with love. She’s clockin’ my Banh Me Salad at Black Mountain Wine House. Or the wine. I love my “new” hutch. Having to get it in two trips Read more…
September 15, 2019
I have friends of all ages. But I find it amusing that an older friend pressured me to download and often utilizes her personal emoji, Bitmoji, in her text messages. Like a lot. So I made one mostly for her amusement. But now I’m hooked on utilizing it when appropriate. Read more…
September 17, 2015
When I started to like food a whole lot, Thai was one of my favorite cuisines. Excuse this glistening picture, but Thai Crepe, sweet turnip in rice noodle, is one of my favorite Thai eats. But the appetizer is rarely on Thai menus! Back in my Brooklyn days, I used to head Read more…
December 28, 2014
Sometimes you just want to spend the entire day in the kitchen and the entire night in the dining room eating and giggling with friends. It was time for a Winter Dins vegan victuals dinner party. For starters, “Deviled” Polenta Yukon Golds. Rye, Kale & Eggplant Dressing with toasted Pepitas Fennel, Read more…
October 12, 2014
Sundays in Fall means back to lunch. As the school year continues to kick my butt, I adjust slowly–feeling my best at some point on Sunday morning. In the middle of my making lunch for the week. Sweet potato mash, roasted red beets, and roasted tomatoes from my garden, to Read more…
June 15, 2014
Rainbow chard. Salads aid fridge turnover: arugula; roasted white turnip, golden beet & carrot; and watermelon salad Chipotle’s “sofritas” in a way-too-overstuffed burrito with lime and cilantro brown rice and guacamole. Heh, they said “vegan.” Pre-party eats at Pickle Shack in Brooklyn: fried oyster mushrooms with cocktail sauce. Cecelia’s “ricotta” Read more…
March 2, 2014
This week’s lunch. Brussels. Asparagus. unroasted Edamame miso puree. Turnip. Kabocha squash. Baby kale.
February 25, 2014
Every now and again you need to use what you already have–make some movement in the refrigerator. My crisper drawer runneth over. It is not permanent storage. So for my week’s lunch, I’d use it all. It would be brunch for lunch. What better an idea to use leftover veggies and fruits. I Read more…
November 28, 2009
I am hardly ever in Queens, though it is a just a few blocks from my apartment. Unlike most of Kings county, Queens county is better traversed with an automobile. In fact, it is covered in expressways and wide boulevards. Brooklyn’s entire center, on the other hand, is devoid of Read more…