Quick Dinner: Korean Turkey

image courtesy of Lizzy WritesOff the back of the success of the chorizo taco recipe, I’m on a huge ground meat kick. It’s fast and easy and tasty and gives me the protein I need. I just found a...

Pantry Clean-Out

Hi All. I wanted to share with you one of my pinboards on Pinterest. I’m in the second week of a pantry clean-out and put together a collection of recipes to that end. You’ll find: Green Rice...

Jaggery Tea Cookies from Love Food Eat

Look at these pretty tea cookies from Love Food Eat! It’s a super simple recipe and what I love about it is that it uses jaggery! Read all about jaggery’s health benefits here. I’ve been...

Step 1: What to Read

I’m not going to tell you what to read, that defies the object of this whole series. This is about expanding your mind, not mine. It doesn’t matter much (although perhaps some) what the “good”...

How to Read and Why

I haven’t been posting because the last few months have seen several digestive issues and I’ve been experimenting with my diet in a big way, so now is just not the time for me to post about food....

Is Your Fave Organic Brand Owned By A Big Business?

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A Delicious Dinner In Only 3 Steps!

From losttaco.com I am feeling very proud of myself today, and I’ll tell you why: I whipped up a super quick dinner last night and so got several hours of painting done. My goal to spend less time...

Handy Guide to Seasonal Food

Coconut Oil Recipe: Homemade Chocolate Truffles

I want to share a recipe I found over the weekend at Ramblings of a Happy Homemaker. I was just perusin’ blogs when I found this gem. I had all the ingredients on hand (isn’t that satisfying? I...

An appetite for Apps

Hope you enjoyed that corny title Michael Ruhlman seems to have some pretty cool cooking apps. One is on baking bread, the other is for his book Ratio. I’m thinking about getting the Ratio one as...

The Incredible, Edible Pork Chop – An Easy Pork Chop Recipe

image from Serious Eats My boyfriend sat me down last night for a somewhat serious talk. I’m cooking too much, he says. And not spending enough time painting. And he’s right. I’ve been getting up...

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OMG this is my life

Marilyn!

I just had to post this, it’s too cool! Marilyn Monroe talks about her diet and exercise routines. She’s was an NTer before her time: liver, eggs, milk, etc.

What’s A Girl To Do?

I had one of my big cooking nights last night. I sat at work all day planning out all the luscious things I was going to make in my tiny galley kitchen. Working can be such a bummer because I could...

Un Truc

Some thoughts on diets

This post at The Nourishing Gourmet has me thinking. So many of us have wonderful ideals when it comes to food. We care about the lives of animals, our bodies, the spirit in which these things are...

I know, I know

Nothing for two weeks and then suddenly two posts in one day. I just had to repost this link from David Lebovitz. It’s a giant list of all the chocolatiers in Paris. If you go there, you should...

I’m Still Here!

I promise! I’m planning the next post. I can’t go into detail on the theme of this next dinner party, but here’s a hint. Oh, it’s gonna be a good one.

Just a Nibble: Sunday Stockday

Makin some beef stock. There is french onion soup in my future.

Just a Nibble: Hot Chocolate

Nutella Hot Chocolate thanks to Eat, Live, Run If you live in New York, or anywhere in the North East really, you’re probably sick of crawling through snow tunnels to get to around. I suggest an...

A Very 90s Martha Stewart Christmas Party

I’m just going to come out and say this: I love Martha Stewart and I always have. I was the kind of nerdy kid who woke up at 8am Sunday mornings to watch her first half-hour show. I wish I were...