A few months ago, a couple of friends introduced us to a soba restaurant in Midtown called Soba Totto, and introduced me to a world of wonders. Soba noodles are fast working their way up my list of favorite noodles, with their resilient bite and nutty flavor, and they were never better than in the soups we tried there. I had a duck breast and ...
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curry puffs
This week we've been reveling in finally getting around to all the things that had fallen by the wayside in the last month or so. B2 led the charge on some direly needed spring cleaning, from finally unpacking our bags from LA right down to dusting everything in sight and wiping down the ceiling fan (which I would never have remembered to do?!), ...
chicken & apple salad with honey mustard vinaigrette
We're back! How was the rest of your February? I won't bore you with most of the details of mine, which was mostly a mish-mash of work and other not-super-fun things, but B2 and I did top off our month with a couple of bright and beautiful days (or, more accurately, just a smidge over 24 hours) in sunny LA this past weekend, which I think is much ...
cracker-style thin crust pizza
So we are currently super into thin crust pizza! I don't know why the magic of thin crust took so long to dawn on us, but a couple of months ago B2 and I tried a new pizza place in our neighborhood and rediscovered all the perks of it we hadn't appreciated until now. It's crackly, flaky, crisp but with a little bit of give, and it takes up so much ...
roasted cauliflower & chickpeas on toast
I never thought late-night office Seamless would prove to be as inspiring as it has (and, all right, a lot of the time it's a little far from it), but I don't think I would have ever come across this revelatory Sicilian cauliflower and chickpea dish if it wasn't for a Seamless order on a random work night last winter, placed while hunting for ...
oyakodon
Hi friends! Happy 2016! How are you faring and/or eating this week? I've been ping-ponging between something like I must consume the healthiest superfood in the world, my stomach is drowning in butter and please don't make me go cold turkey, my stomach needs more butter. After a little of each (hi there, Sunday night's delivery pizza), I think ...
kabocha & caramelized onion galette
As much as I dread fall (mostly because of the season that-shall-not-be-named that comes after it), I have to admit that I secretly enjoy more things about it than any cold-weather hater should have the right to. There's the undeniable coziness of multiple layers and fuzzy slippers, the soothing weight of a heavy comforter at night, the crisp ...
mul naengmyeon (korean cold noodles)
It's the last week of August and I'm sad about it! I know, technically summer doesn't end for another three weeks and change, it's still plenty humid here in Brooklyn and the heat in the subway stations still closes around us like a fist every morning on the platform, but my grieving has already started. I'm such a sucker for spring and summer. ...
frankies spuntino caesar salad with salmon
A few months ago, a super exciting thing happened and I leveled up into my own office at work (we share for the first few years). OK, so it's true, it has no windows. That comes after three years. But for the first time I have a little cave all to myself! I went a tad crazy decorating my haven with gratuitously shiny file racks and cups shaped ...
udon noodles with sesame dipping sauce
When we came back from Japan, I didn't think I'd try to recreate any of the magical, thoughtfully, wonderfully-made food we had while we were there. It all seemed way beyond my ken -- a just-so balance of kombu and bonito, a dollop of miso and things I couldn't even guess at, hand-pulled and long-simmered and much-perfected. That was true most of ...