Once upon a time, I met a woman named Crescent Dragonwagon. She told me about Caldo Verde and Marrakesh Melange and a beautiful Rose of Persia Cake. Sounds like a fairy tale? Well, my "once upon a...

The problem with granola. Once you start making your own, you can't go back. Sure, you still eat the store-brought stuff. But you don't quite enjoy it as much as the batch you made by yourself...

February 29, 2012

Craving Heat and Salt

Lately, I've been craving heat and salt. No, not the kind of heat that I'm usually salivating about. I'm talking about heat from hot yoga. (Let me interrupt regular food programming to talk about my other...

This season, there was an episode on Top Chef about a Tribute Dinner. It was a chance for the chefs "to reflect and pay homage to the person who taught them how to cook...

LA Burdick in Harvard Square is my favorite chocolate store in the whole entire world. It's a chocoholic's dream: the smoothest, creamiest handmade chocolates, plus pastries, gift items, and other goodies, in a cozy little...

February 18, 2012

Lone Star Taco Bar

I feel like I'm breaking some sort of code here. Because I'm about to give away one of the city's most secret, newest hidden gems. It's so secret, it doesn't even have a storefront sign. It doesn't...

February 15, 2012

Salted Caramel Pot De Creme

I know I'm a day late in posting a luxurious Valentine's Day dessert, but who says it has to be a holiday to enjoy this silky cup of heaven? When I saw the Salted Caramel...

February 12, 2012

Sweet Roasted Chickpeas

I grew up eating garbanzos. There would be garbanzos in callos, a Spanish dish made with tripe, ox tail, chorizo, and chickpeas in a tomato-based sauce. But even though I loved callos, I didn't like...

I once wrote a love letter... .... to St-Germain. You see, I love it so much that when the time came for me to create something for the Biggest Holiday of Love, I turned to St-Germain...

February 4, 2012

Boeuf Bourguignon

Ever since Amy Adams so adorably said "boeuf bourguignon" in the movie Julie and Julia, I set my mind on one day making it myself. Here was a movie about a book about a blog...