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The Week’s Eats
I got this adorable new Bento lunch system that appeals to space efficiency as well as my wish to cut portions. This first week it is filled with a scrumptious Panang curry, seeded sticky rice and dried Mission figs. The curry is everything you want in a curry: lots of heat (garlic, shallots and grated [...]
√ To Do Monday
With the day off, the list of to-do’s was long and scroll-like, starting with two classes at the gym. I did the pilates stretch and alignment class. Given the early morning hour and Park avenue address, it was me and a studio filled with lively blossomed senior ladies. The instructor played Sinatra and lead us [...]
Birthday Part 3: Foliage & Food
After making it to my dinner destination the night before, the day following my birthday was a bit more open. I wanted to wander a bit, remove myself from the track of routine set destination. But I knew I had to get good coffee and a baked good before exposing myself to the pace and rhythm [...]
Nervous Energy
Tomorrow is the first day of school. So tonight I had lots of anxious energy to burn. I had to get in the kitchen and bask in a fragrant medley of like 40% of my spice rack… freshly-ground coriander, a heavy twist of the garlic mill, best buddies in dying my utensils yellow: turmeric and [...]
Sunday Type of Monday
At Olive street, Sundays are for podcast catch-ups, cooking and lesson planning. They’re for doing the dishes, budgeting and watching the Netflix, a Buster Keaton double feature, that has been staring at you all week long from the desk. They are an attempt at making the next 5 days as easy as possible. That means [...]
Br♥♥klyn Vegetarian, Part 2: Prospect Heights/Prospect Lefferts Garden
On a blustery December morning, the first of its kind, 3 intrepid souls wandered into the depths of Brooklyn by hoof for Part 2 of a thorough borough scour of veggie delights. Congregating at the gorgeous Brooklyn museum of Art, we headed down Washington avenue to Natural Blend, a Ital hotspot renowed for its cheap [...]
To the Farm…
Cooking a four-course Thai meal with ingredients picked from the local market and from the grounds of an organic farm, I brought my appetite and anticipation from the night before. The full day class, offered by the Chiang Mai Thai Farm Cooking School, gave me yet another escape from the familiar streets of Chiang Mai. [...]
