Healthy Lunch Ideas – Make Your Lunch Great!

Michael Recchiuti and Fran Gage at Omnivore to talk about their book ‘Chocolate Obession‘ – meant a lunch of Hot Chocolate!

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I spent the afternoon testing recipes for next weeks official review of Ruta Kahate’s ’5 Spices, 50 Dishes’ over at The Good Taste Review. I actually had to miss out on Michael Kalanty’s breadmaking talk at Omnivore because I was in the middle of some recipe testing and misjudged my timing. This is actually the [...]

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Yesterday afternoon I snacked on some popcorn, a piece of smoked salmon, and a homemade mocha as I got in some more studying. Homemade popcorn is supremely easy – I put a quarter cup of popcorn kernels in a paper bag, added some chile powder, and a little bit of salt, rolled down the top, [...]

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Warm salad for a rainy day: did you know that you can cook lettuce?

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This afternoon I headed out to Office Depot to buy some office supplies and organizational tools for school and my various jobs, and left empty handed. This particular location had NOTHING that I wanted, everything was overpriced, and I left completely frustrated. I’m an office supply junkie, so this was truly a disappointing situation. Tonight [...]

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Japanese Ochazuke – a combination of rice, green tea, and a variety of toppings – makes a great healing soup that is perfect for an oncoming cold, a hangover, or just a warming winter snack.

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Breakfast Hack: Oatmeal in a Jar

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On Wednesdays I get to work with Karen on the cookbook project, which allows me time closer to some of my favorite food locations on 18th street: Bi-rite Creamery, Bi-rite, Delfina, and Tartine to name a few! This can become treacherous – spending the entire day testing recipes, and then eating your way through the [...]

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Dinner tonight was an all-vegetable extravaganza. (I can only do this on Devon’s late nights, so I take advantage of it!!) The key idea here is to eat as many vegetables that I can, both to give myself a nutritional boost, and reduce the contents of my refrigerator. Part One: Over the weekend I roasted [...]

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It’s hard not to be bummed out by all of the rain, but it’s certainly good for the plants, and I just have to remind myself that it is still temperate weather in February and not sleeting or snowing around here. I woke up and had a cup of black coffee in my pretty new [...]

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