fiber; hello fiber

It seems over the past few years public awareness of fiber and its benefits to a healthful diet and body has skyrocketed; countless commercial products, from FiberOne Bars to Activia, have familiarized American’s… Read More →

simple broccoli & spinach soup

I like to keep big pots of things in my refrigerator. With the chaos of classwork, work work and life swirling throughout my everyday, sometimes it really helps to not have to focus on… Read More →

mostly not potato salad

I always feel as if I need to be rolled home from a holiday, after heaping samples of every dish, cookie and cake have graced my plate. For whatever reason, even the most… Read More →

grilled aubergine & chickpea salad

  I’ve become increasing drawn to salads; not in the conventional sense with iceberg and croutons, but the limits to how far I can push them and still hold the classification. That, and… Read More →

grilled zucchini & hazelnut basil salad

It seems the entirety of Dupont Circle, DC has been engulfed by mulch, making everything smell like spring time and gardening despite the awkward and lingering 1 inch snow fall inhabiting the city… Read More →

pan seared herby potatoes & red onions

Sometimes it just feels right to sit at your kitchen table [the table cloth crumpled into the corner, no need for that] with a massive glass of wine, tall candles lit and filling… Read More →

food, then & now

It is fascinating and remarkably bombarding and confusing how many “diet” books are available to the market, that Good Morning America promotes a different nutritional finding each day,  that there is an entire… Read More →

red coconut curried vegetables

I feel like I’ve been counting down to Spring for months. It is my absolute favorite season, when everything tastes fresh and alive, the trees and sky become bright, and I can pack… Read More →

green orzo salad with almonds

My brother and I are sitting at my kitchen table, basking in the March sun, eating our favorite bagels and drinking hot pomegranate tea. Mine with poppies, avocado and sprouts, his with heaps… Read More →

the skinny on avocado fat

It is extraordinarily difficult to make the word fat sound appetizing. And so we will put that word to the side, for now, and focus on an excellent source of it, in addition… Read More →