Cooking Simplified
Nothing intimidates me more than recipes that require obscure ingredients – or at least ingredients I can’t find at a chain grocery store. Hence my hesitation to cook Indian food. No, I do not have the time or energy to track down the rare spice blend and no, I definitely do not have (nor want) …
I have tried some of the crazier health food “replacement” recipes. Case in point: chickpea cookie dough. Let me save you some time by telling you that combining chickpeas with a bunch of stuff does not serve as a substitute for the irresistible cookie dough you find yourself licking out of the bowl before baking. Cauliflower …
There have been signs, sure. I hate reading things on my phone and lately, I have no tolerance for the music volume at the gym. Just this Friday at a happy hour, I asked the waitress to lower the music at the bar because I simply could not hear my thoughts and was trying to have a …
It seems as though each summer season gets shorter; the weekend trips, lined up neatly on the calendar as little peaks of anticipation, pass too quickly. The must-do’s, must-eat’s, must-visit’s – bounced back and forth between friends’ inboxes in March – seem like empty promises. In Manhattan, escaping the city in the summer months is seen as a …
I’m back! I was on a brief blogging hiatus while studying for the GRE. In fact, this recipe is a reaction to the last week or two of studying when I felt as though my diet consisted of processed foods and any number of crunchy carbohydrates (chips, pretzels, rice cakes – you get the picture). …
I grew up in a family that rarely ordered delivery or takeout, which perhaps explains my enthusiasm for indulging every once in a while. Since moving to NYC nearly two years ago, I can count the number of delivery orders I have placed on two hands. This in a city booming with Seamless orders and …
Maybe it’s a New York thing, maybe it’s a late 20’s thing, or maybe it’s just my generation…but getting more than three friends together on the same night is nearly impossible. When it came to planning my birthday celebration this year I opted for a handful of mini celebrations with different groups of friends. It …