Have you ever rented an apartment based on its proximity to one of your favorite restaurants? I’ve done it twice. When I first moved to Brooklyn, I took an apartment out of my price range because it was three blocks away from my favorite ice cream shop… and it had a dishwasher. While I was…
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Secret Ingredient Chili
There’s a reason only two letters stand between ‘chilly’ and ‘chili.’ Chilly weather signals the start of chili weather. Around this time every year, when I hear the radiator click on and I wake up to see my dog snuggling up a little bit closer than usual, I know it’s time to take the big…
Spicy Pork Ramen Noodles
This weekend was one of those lazy ones where the days seem to tangle together. I hit a wall on Saturday afternoon, and the next 24 hours were all a blur. It was one of those weekends where all of your meals are either delivered or eaten straight from the cereal box. It was one…
Roast Chicken with Croutons
Even though I’m an adult (easy to dispute, I know) my timeline still seems to revolve around that pesky school schedule that ruled the first few decades of my life. I get a little giddy mid-May. My brain seems to think I’m about to get a three-month break and a family vacation. I still think…
Green Tea Poached Salmon in Broth
Self care Sunday is here! For me, that involves sleeping in, grabbing a cup of coffee, and… killing this massive roach in my kitchen? Five years living in New York and the universe chooses today to force me to confront my greatest fear? I’ll spare you the gory details, but let’s just say I’m down…
Enchiladas Rojas (White Girl Enchiladas)
Whenever you decide to move to a new city, people always ask aren’t you going to miss (fill in the blank.) Mexican food was the thing that most people were concerned about when I moved to New York. I grew up in the land of Tex Mex and mall hopping. My friends and I would…