High up on the list of things I can’t live without in the summertime: fresh berries and fresh herbs. Due to the insane winter, we had a later than usual strawberry season – and although it’s pretty much over, I couldn’t resist getting just one more meal out of my favorite berry before bidding farewell until… [click for recipe and more]
So I just joined a CSA. As a crunchy hippie yuppie metropolitan-area vegetarian, this was an inevitability I’m shocked didn’t happen sooner. I’ve actually considered it every spring for the last five or six years, but I was always deterred by: Cost – at anywhere from $25-50/week, is this an efficient use of my grocery budget?… [click for recipe and more]
Don’t worry – I survived Winter Storm Pax. I don’t always love living in a tiny apartment in the middle of a large urban area, but it really pays dividends when it snows. Not having a driveway to shovel is a major bonus, plus having five coffee shops and a CVS in easy walking distance… [click for recipe and more]
Do you ever go to Hooters? Me neither. Okay, let me amend my “ever” to “rarely.” I’ve been twice – once for a friend’s 23rd birthday (eesh, that one was a long time ago), and another time with clients during a work trip. As a vegetarian with walkable access to several charismatic local sports bars… [click for recipe and more]
I am sooo ambivalent about the fall/winter months. I like a lot of things about them – sweaters are great and I’m pretty down with hot chocolate and fireplaces and holidays and all that. But man, that first day you look out the window at 5:15 PM and it’s pitch dark? That said, I really,… [click for recipe and more]