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…
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…
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-…
Where ever you may be, it’s fall and it’s the best. The air smells cleaner although tinged with the amazing smell of burning wood in the distance. Pumpkins are plump and too heavy to pick and apples are in full bloom. What more would you crave than a crispy, airy or cakey apple cider doughnut?…
It’s unreal. All that I have seen and what I have gotten to do in the first seven days of my new job. As I sat on the last flight of the first week, tapping away at my keyboard and snacking on extra generic trail mix I recapped the week over again and again. Although…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Setting up the Set When I started with PowerHouse Productions in September of this year I had not a clue what I would be exposed to, who I would meet, and what it would be like leading culinary on projects that my bosses and Executive Producers Rochelle Brown and Sonia Armstead produced. I was granted…
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