First and foremost – I really need to up my game with the food pictures. Lately, they’ve been terrible! I mean what is going on here. Promise that the food tasted so much better than what they look like in these pictures. This week’s seasonal item is butternut squash. In all honesty I’m not a…
November’s Brussels Sprouts
This past Saturday I went to the local farmers market and to my surprise, saw Justine Doiron leaving just as I arrived. Although I’m in New York, I don’t see celebrities often (or maybe I just don’t recognize anyone?), so when I saw Justine I was totally starstruck – I kept telling myself to ‘act…
Vegetarian French Onion Soup (with White Beans)
From time to time I’ll catch myself thinking about french onion soup. It’s been a real long time since I’ve eaten this, and yesterday I stumbled upon this recipe on the new york times cooking site (of course). It was rainy and windy all morning, and I had run to and from the 5th ave…
White Bean Harissa Chili
Happy September! Today’s recipe test is White Bean Harissa Chili by Yasmin Fahr from the good ol NYT. Why chili when it’s still summer? I’m asking myself the same question. I think I was craving something hearty this week. Recently I’ve been doing longer runs as I’m currently marathon training. Which reminds me, I need…
Summer Vegetable ‘Orzotto’
It hasn’t been ‘August’ hot out since last Sunday – and the 10-day forecast is showing us high seventies (with the exception of 84 degrees tomorrow) for the rest of the month. As much as the heat in the city becomes intolerable, it feels like the summer has come to an abrupt end and the…
Recipe Testing: Halloumi, Tomatoes, White Beans.
We’re starting off nice and simple: Crispy Halloumi with Tomatoes and White beans by Nargisse Benkabbou from NYT Cooking. Halloumi has been on my mind lately since my mom has been cooking with it these past few months! We had gone out to a few middle eastern restaurants around the city that had shown us…
An Overdue Introduction
Hi there, my name is Mae, and this is my food blog/archive! I love to try new recipes but my kitchen can make it challenging to execute. My idea for this website is to create a working archive of recipes I try and incorporate some sort of rating system that shows difficulty of cooking said…