The Flexitarian Cook

I have been ignoring you. All of you. That’s what it must look like, from the other side of the screen where you are seated, reading this blog post. I wish it were that simple. It’s not that I haven’t been busy cooking (I have), or that I don’t love my readers (I do!); it’s [...]

The story goes like this: First, one of your friends says she is going to the Indian spice market in Brooklyn. Then, you ask her to bring back a few things (the kind you don’t typically use very often). Next, you get some spices from her and nearly faint from the sensory overload brought on [...]

My friend Sheryl and I attended two wedding receptions over the past 3 weeks (in her words, we’re now professional wedding guests), and while munching on some delicious appetizers before dinner, she mentioned that she was dying to host a cocktail party, where small bites, as opposed to a large meal, take center stage. One [...]