Whether by train, plane or automobile, any excuse to pack up and skip town is a welcome relief come the blistering summer sun. When the city becomes a sauna, that’s my ticket to head somewhere–anywhere, beach bound. While many of us find ourselves overindulging the second that out-of-office auto response has been set, starting your [...]
Archive for the ‘Eating Green’ category
July 27th, 2011
Edible Travel Necessities: The New Brown Bag
June 1st, 2011
Market Report: Rainbow Carrots
Carrots get a bad rap. Though delicious and nutritious, their omnipresence and bright color often lumps them into the category of “childhood snack”. Raw carrots are the territory of preschool sandwich baggies; though obviously, carrots for adults do exist–I just don’t see them on menus as often as I might like. I’m trying to change [...]
May 17th, 2011
Market Report: Spiraling into Garlic
There are four little words that send my culinary thinking cap into a frenzy. “How can I use…” is a simple statement that begs to be explored with more sentiment. Whether it’s something widely recognized like spring’s first wild ramps, or something kooky like caped gooseberries, when I spot fresh produce at the farmers’ market [...]
March 2nd, 2011
Market Report: Shellfishing
As these last few weeks of winter melt away, I’ve been enjoying some of my favorite seasonal comfort foods. From the many bowls of meatballs I’ve taste tested ‘round town, to the root vegetables I’ve roasted in every size and knotty shape, hearty fare is Winter’s signature, and it is made all the more desirable [...]
February 18th, 2011
A Treat Only a Dog (person) Could Love
Another Valentine’s day has come and gone with remnants of foiled chocolate kisses on subway platforms and red rose petals scattered across New York City sidewalks. Even though I am smitten with a certain someone and welcome every chance we get to celebrate love, life and feasting, I prefer to stay inside on V-day and [...]
January 20th, 2011
Market Report: Brussels Sprouts
As part of my comfort-chic food philosophy, I love the challenge of uplifting childhood favorites and forgotten veggies to star status. Since I’ve been counting down my foodie faves from 2010 and predicting 2011’s upcoming culinary trends, I’d like to revisit one of winter’s most venerable and most deplored (depending upon the age of who [...]
January 13th, 2011
Enduring Trends for Edible Delights in 2011
It’s here! A new year that brings with it hope, inspiration, and stretchy pants; elastic waistbands may be a necessary comfort after all the heavy meals I’ve been indulging in over the holidays, but so too are the annual year-in-review lists that tend to get published as we transition into a new calendar. Come January [...]
October 7th, 2010
Market Report: Concord Grapes (then, and again)
There are certain sights, tastes, touches, sounds and smells in life that leave imprinted sense memories in our minds. These memories are puzzle pieces of sensory remembrance, linking us back to unforgettable people, places, and in my case, food. The smell of cinnamon apples reminds me of Sunday mornings in fall, when as a kid [...]
September 22nd, 2010
Salt to Taste
I’ve used this blog before to sound off on my views about processed food products, but now I’m coming at ya with an outcry to save one of the great real foods on the planet. My foodie philosophy is pretty straightforward: eat seasonal real foods from local sources, whenever you can find ‘em and afford [...]
September 10th, 2010
Market Report: Shishito Peppers
To honor the passing of summer, last week Erin and her man invited me and Mr. Mixologist to their new apartment for a summer’s sunset double date. As we watched the stars twinkle and the mosquitoes buzz around our “Off” sprayed arms and legs from their wooded, rooftop perch, we munched on one of my [...]
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