The Flexitarian Cook

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 [...]

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 [...]

“This is why we don’t go out to eat very often: what you make at home is so good, restaurant food ends up being disappointing.” I’m not sure any other food critic would have been this kind, but my 17-year old daughter certainly had a way of letting me know she enjoyed her lunch; I’ll [...]