Travel and daydream-inspired food
A few years back, I went on a college visiting trip with my younger one (hard to believe he is actually graduating from college this spring). We started in Charleston, SC and moved south to Savannah, GA and ended up in St. Augustine, FL. Ok, …
Winter days scream for comfort food and one of my go-to easy meals is curry. The curry I will make depends on what I have in my fridge and in my pantry. Today I went for an Indian curry. It is velvety, fragrant, not too …
This Thanksgiving we had to keep it small like everyone else in the country. The only guests at the dinner table were our kids so we had to rethink it – one whole turkey would be too much; I don’t enjoy eating leftovers for days …
Christmas has passed but this will be a good post for next year (talk about being proactive). Stuffed cabbage rolls are a Romanian Christmas tradition. Romanians love to eat them year-round, if possible, but they’re time consuming. I only make them once a year (a …
Specialty supermarkets are an endless source of inspiration, especially if I go hungry. One of my favorite places to go to is Mitsuwa Marketplace in New Jersey. I could spend hours staring at the endless variety of noodles, specialty produce, types of rice, brands of …
One of the best breakfasts I ever had was in a small hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was a homey, unassuming, no-name hotel that served an impressive breakfast buffet style (including American-style items) but the aroma of the pho immediately called out to me and …