Recipe Here After a few weeks of working and staying in NYC some pops of spunk have come out in me. If work takes me downtown, I find myself in a lively area where all of the young-ins spend time shopping for high waisted jeans at popular designer stores. I think I really like that…
Spring has turned into summer incredibly fast, and I am way ahead of the season by preparing this icy granita made from Harney and Sons Berry Young Tea. As I head up to the Hudson Valley every other weekend, I notice the vast change in quietness and the peace of the countryside and how much…
It’s days like today, smoldering hot and humid that make me crave citrus. I don’t want to drink a cold beer or tall glass of ice water, I really want something juicy with zing! When I was in Italy, some hotter days called for a citrus fix of oranges right from the local market, or…
I have been yearning to write for the last few days, but can’t seem to find the moment to slip away to my thoughts, quietly. While adventure takes place during my week of work and the wheels in my head are spinning too fast after the days end, it’s hard to step back and notice…
My mom was telling me about this pasta some time before going to Italy and I could never remember the name of it. She told me that upon meeting my fathers extended family in Pontremoli, Tuscany she tried this flat doughy pasta coated in pesto and parmesan cheese. I kept imagining this dense, round dumpling-…
Plastic is freaking people out. After taking my sustainable food systems course in college I’m thinking this topic comes in handy for why and how our environment is at moments of failure. It is plastic that we are so dependent on to cut corners. Disney, American Airlines, Aramark, and soon to be Starbucks are putting…
I envy the British for their afternoon tea time with mini cakes and finger sandwiches. I think it’s such a great way to break up the day and take a few minutes to self reflect or loathe or listen to other peoples drama. Is that too much? Queen Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese women who…
The edge of summer is near, which means there will be many less days of vibrant sun. It also means the cool colors become warm and everything in trend turns to fall. The last few days of summer are being held tightly before they are lost in a long year of work. Before all the…
Traveling to Italy was like going to a different planet. It was like living in another lifetime. Maybe if I had traveled abroad more regularly it would not feel so strange to me; the memories I have from being alone in another place, the life- long friends and distant relatives I bonded with over carb filled…
And finally we can say that it feels like fall! Although it’s not, I feel it coming in slow. Yesterday the AC was off, windows open to feel out that crisp breeze I didn’t think NYC could pull off, and a long sleeve shirt with Hungarian Dobos cake in hand. While working with Sarah Copeland she…