Ruminations

Good-bye, Park Slope. Hello, Fort Greene. It’s been about 2 weeks after moving into my new apartment, two days since I got the gas stove working, and before the cooking begins, a good assessment on my former and current surroundings. After some thought, I present the culinary pros and cons of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill, and Park Slope. Two neighborhoods that vaguely border one another in Brooklyn, one definitely larger and more developed, the other up-and-coming and containing a block that … Read More

In case you haven’t checked out one of my favorite blogs, which also happens to be written by a young female foodie living in Brooklyn, it’s a fine time to begin. Eat Drink One Woman hosted by Ganda Suthivarakan has a Q&A with me on it, but there’s plenty better stuff on the site to read. In other news, the gas has officially turned on in my apartment, so you’ll probably be seeing a series of very quickly written recipes … Read More

Despite barraging into every type of major media save for perhaps a Hollywood film, Rachael Ray still manages to lack the one thing that goes together with foodies like pears and chocolate: a truly interactive website. Serious Eats (www.seriouseats.com) is just that. A collaborative project by an all-star cast of food bloggers and writers, it’s sure to trump many other food websites with its creative and far-reaching combination of notes from food blogging world, and the high profile food literati … Read More

This has to be the worst week for not eating out in New York so far. After giving thanks to all the home-cooked food and leftovers of the weekend, I returned to Brooklyn to begin the task of moving into my new apartment. This time, I decided to do it using only borrowed vehicles and not-hired friends. I have to say, it was a pretty bad move (pun intentional). I’m still pretty sore all over, but the worst part about … Read More

I tried balancing cold semi-sweet chocolate morsels on a salty cracker and was rewarded with the perfect quench for my salty/sweet craving.  Cost calculator?  Both items were free thanks to my roommate and the gratuitous back of the freezer.  (Health factor = bad.) Conversation with self: -Which do you prefer, salty or sweet? For instance, if you had to choose one over the other to eat for the rest of your life? -Salty, probably. -Well in that case, how come … Read More

Hopefully many people reading this blog who don’t know me personally will have sensed that my culinary tastes are quite various and international in scope. But what I haven’t disclosed for this long and would feel irresponsible about withholding at this moment, is the fact that every Thanksgiving dinner I’ve attended has served the same traditional, no-nonsense all-American spread favored by the senior Erway clan of upstate New York.