Beets: A Spring Detox For Your Bod

If you’re looking for a nice ‘jumpstart’ towards beach season, give a thought to a nice bowl of roasted beets, or a simple beet salad, or some more creative uses for the colorful root veg.  Beets are like your personal springtime cleanup crew.  Jammed with antioxidants and nutrients to detox the liver along with a [...]

BRANDIED PLUM TART :: SOMETHING SWEET FOR FALL

I got on a dessert fix a few weeks back and was dying to try out some new creations just as the last of late summer/early fall’s damson plums hit the farmers market (and after reading a very enticing plum crostata recipe by Melissa Clark in the NY Times.  Fruit-centric desserts are generally my favorites as [...]

Summertime Staple: Peanut Sesame Soba Noodles

What happens when a lone gal joins a CSA farm share for the summer?  Umm….her fridge is literally crammed with vegetables each week.  We’re talking overflow action here.  Which means I’ve been getting pretty creative about how to use veggies in a variety of ways, multiple per dish.  I’ve also been having loads of friends [...]

The Best of Fall… From Zucchini Bread to Roasted Pumpkin

With the chilly weather of the past few weeks, I’ve taken to turning up the oven and keeping things warm with some great fall comfort foods (my apartment building has yet to turn the heat on so I figured I’d rather cook than freeze to death). Cold weather comfort food obviously has a different meaning [...]

Snow Day! Perfect Time For Baking & Hot Cocoa

The past week, New York City was covered in several inches of the white fluffy stuff! Snowy days always conjure up visions of baking up some delicious cozy treat and pairing it with a steamy cup of hot cocoa. I made these tasty scones last weekend for a brunch with my girlfriends, but today’s chilly [...]