There’s a restaurant near me that my friends and I love because of their side dishes. Whether it’s their creamy mac & cheese or the…
Ah, stuffed peppers. This is your time of year; who doesn’t want to end a summer day with a hearty and sweet stuffed pepper? Who…
Sometimes, you need a little heat in your life. Granted, we’ve had a lot of heat this week in NYC–temperatures in the 90s. So I…
Hello, summer. This week was brutal, weather-wise. Somehow, growing up in Texas, I managed to survive the summers pretty well. Now, having lived in New…
My friends all know that I love Indian food, and I love to cook Indian food. Matar pulao is a fantastic Southern Indian dish of…
quinoa stuffed tomatoes The planners out there already know what they’re making for Easter dinner. But for those of you still ironing out the details,…
For all of you afraid I’d forgotten my Irish-American roots, what with my focus on Italian food last week, here’s a little something to celebrate…
The inspiration for this–as you can probably guess–came from the traditional Beef Wellington dish that involves meat and puff pastry. But the end result of…
This dish has a bit of a personality disorder: is it an appetizer? a side dish? Is it sweet? spicy? a vegetable? grain? carb or…
Several years ago, when I was training for my first marathon, I decided to see a nutritionist. After all, I was vegan and running more…