Taking Notes
My techie husband is always on the lookout for better ways to organize my obsession with food. Me, not so much. I’m hopelessly disorganized, with pages of newspaper and magazine […]
Category Archives: Food
A TAAN of Fun
A few weeks ago, I met the owner of TAAN Noodles as he carried a bottle of wine into his then-unfinished restaurant. I asked him about the menu and he […]
Thanks Be to Brunch
This year, my father’s relatives decided that instead of facing the double food coma that accompanies two family dinners, we would hold a Thanksgiving breakfast. This new tradition presented a […]
Foodie Pen Pals
At work, a colleague of mine was gushing over a package that had arrived in the mail–the real post-office-delivered-mail–that contained delicious treats from a “pal.” She went on to say […]
El Chucho: Get the Blue Hawaiian
This weekend it kind of seemed like the U.S. had badly wronged Mother Nature, no? The East Coast had derecho, Colorado remained submerged in a land on fire, while Florida […]
Holly Jolly Christmas
Happy holiday cookies from my pal Aimee Peterson There are some things that make me feel unabashedly Christmas-y and the brilliant reds of the season are one of them. Luckily, […]
Let’s Make a Deal
When I have time to write, I find that I am often writing about food. I love to eat and I especially love when the food is so tasty in […]
DC Summer
Finding small businesses that thrive on how good they really are. Spilled Milk and Pedal Pushers Club are two of my new favorites. Hot as hell heat that pushes the […]
No Vegetarian Dilemma: Roasted Red Peppers
Liberally I’d call our gatherings a book club–it is what happens when five women with 10 degrees among them meet once a month with a book assignment. Our books are […]
Spliting the Difference
After two years of co-habitated bliss between David and me, I’ve discovered our similarities and our divergences–one of which has always gathered around zucchini. A vegetarian has to make certain […]
