The Flexitarian Cook

Last May, while my father was visiting from France, we went to Red Farm, a tiny but lovely Chinese restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village. The restaurant has a reputation for serving some of the best dim sum in the city, and it truly did not disappoint us. Everything we ate there was really fresh and [...]

I’m on a mission to try new things. You know that feeling you get when you’ve been recycling the same 10 or 15 recipes for a little too long, and you just get tired of eating the same ol’, same ol’ (even though it may be quite good)? That is precisely what hit me recently. [...]

In Paris, street food is, to my mind, a tad more exciting than hot dogs ‘n kraut. A crêpe (very thin pancake), filled with anything from crème de marrons (chestnut cream) to Nutella or cheese, is a more likely find. Watching the vendors quickly spread the batter, flip a crêpe and fill it before wrapping [...]