South African Adventures
This time last year, I had just made the move to South Africa and didn’t know if I’d be coming back to the States or not. It’s hard to believe how much has changed in one short year; I’ve moved back to the US, set up house in a new city, started graduate school and … Read more
MexicAsian Pico de Gallo
I’ve been hit by an attack of laziness since finals ended. After pulling three all nighters, sifting through thousands of pages of research, writing 40 pages, completing an exam and working at baked through all of it, I kind of feel like I’m allowed to be a couch potato. I was really looking forward to … Read more
Fuyu! (and baked potato crisps)
I’m really, really bad at procrastinating. Actually, that’s not true– I’m really good at it. I’ll find that right when I’m about to sit down to work on a paper, I’ll have to clean, or catch up on emails I’ve been neglecting, or make a cup of tea, or my ultimate time-killer, putter around in … Read more
What have I been up to?
So, what have I been up to? Not a lot of cooking, that’s for sure, but I can always eat. So, without further ado, a short photographic journey of some of my recent food explorations, both in and out of my kitchen: I made purple salt-roasted potatoes. Anything purple just tastes better, and when you … Read more
Putting Food on the Map (literally)
It’s probably shameful to admit on a cooking/food blog, but I haven’t really cooked in awhile. I’ve been living off a supply of frozen veggie marinara sauce, curry and veggie burgers since about halfway through my midterms. I’ll get back in the groove at some point, but it’s become a little bit more challenging now … Read more
A Last Glimpse of Summer
For any of you that follow my sporadic updates on Twitter, this past week has been less than fun on the school front. I had a 10 page paper due last Thursday, a problem set and reading for economics yesterday, a 12 page paper due today, a project proposal due this Thursday, plus a book … Read more
Food Trekking to Eden Center
One thing I’ve noticed about DC is that it is an epic, EPIC event to go grocery shopping. There are no bodegas, no corner stores, no little delis or random markets tucked into places that wouldn’t necessarily qualify as a storage closet. It’s weird that in a city this wealthy that there aren’t more easily … Read more
Rainbow Curry
I’ve always liked Indian food but it wasn’t until my junior year of college that I got truly addicted. I spent six weeks in Bangalore, India for school (with a week or so spent on some farms and in Mysore) and ate Indian food for every single meal of the day. Some people, … Read more
Punkin Love
It’s officially fall today in DC– it’s chilly and overcast, much like the fall I’m used to from growing up in New England and three years of living in NYC. It’s time for sweaters, hot cider, apple picking, and all things pumpkin. I never, ever get sick of pumpkin (or the word pumpkin. Pumpkin. Pumpkin! … Read more
Play Time with the Alpha
As I may have mentioned in an earlier post, I got a new camera. It’s my new favorite way to procrastinate. First, since I do other things besides eat, cook, shop for food, and write about all of those things, some shots of the awesome Batala drumming group in DC that I took yesterday morning … Read more
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