Remember when I blogged every day for a month (almost)? Sigh. I am mildly obsessed with tarragon right now. I bought a fresh bunch the other day and used it to roast chicken with shallots and meyer lemon, and am now trying to decide what to do with the rest… I think I might mash [...]
I would really enjoy spending today inside a movie theater, but unfortunately I’ve left my homework for the very last minute (as I do), and need to write up a response to a book chapter and a one page journal entry for class before 4:00 PM. I keep thinking I’ll learn to do things differently, [...]
One of my classes this semester is “A Holistic Approach to Healing”. The professor is nice, and seems very knowledgeable. As well, we will be having guest speakers from a variety of fields that fall under the umbrella of Holistic Health or Complementary and Alternative Medicine, including areas I know little about such as Reiki [...]
January was a success! I opted to refrain from drinking any alcohol, mostly because it seemed a very January-like thing to do. So with the exception of one predetermined evening (I allowed myself to partake in a few cocktails while on a blind date that was six months in the making, don’t ask), refrain I [...]
Above is an Iranian Proverb I came across while perusing the world wide web on day. I copied it into a document and tucked it away for another day, knowing I would undoubtedly use it as a jumping off point for a blog post (as I tend to do). At the time, I thought I [...]
Ah… the sweet smell of neglect (isn’t that how the saying goes?) It’s not that I haven’t been writing, I really have. And it’s not that I haven’t been eating, cooking, or taking pictures of food… because I really have been doing that as well. But the connection has been lacking, for no discernible reason [...]
On a recent excursion to Russo’s with Ms. Abigail, she went into a fit of excitement upon the discovery that they had rambutan for sale (or mamón chino, as they are called in some parts of the world). I am an adventurous sort when it comes to unusual foods, and I’ve never met a fruit [...]
It all started with the random discovery at the old Tea Tray in the Sky on Mass Ave in Cambridge near Porter Square – don’t bother looking, it’s no longer there – of a green tea called Spring Thunder. What a name, eh? With hints of coconut and lime I was instantly hooked, and when [...]
