Posts Categorized: Cooking

My darling Clementine

Thanks to my sister Alyssa, Matt got the best Christmas present ever: the Jerusalem cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. We’ve been trying so many of their delicious, mouth-watering recipes, but our new favorite is for Roasted Chicken with Clementines and Arak. The flavors! You won’t believe me until you try it yourself. The clementines are… Read more »

Rachel Khoo is back

I’ve talked about Rachel Khoo before: Ever since the New York Times’ first wrote about her, I’ve been following her work, and her ‘Little Paris Kitchen’ in France. Fresh off the success of her first book, she’s released a second, called My Little French Kitchen. In it, Rachel goes on a tour of the French… Read more »

The best kale and brussels sprouts salad

Since my friend Shalah was in town for a visit, we got to have an impromptu recipe session, just like old times! The dish she introduced me to? This delicious kale and brussels sprouts salad from Epicurious.com. If you like kale and brussels sprouts, this is a recipe you have to try. It takes about… Read more »

The best lemon pasta recipe

Lately, I’ve been craving lemons. I add it to avocado to put with my eggs at breakfast, I spritz it over broccoli as a snack, and I’ve been seriously thinking about snagging this citron pressé set from Provisions by Food 52. Over the weekend, I decided to kick things up a notch and try a… Read more »

Kitchen essentials

I keep playing around with different ideas for wall art in our new Brooklyn kitchen. Something about these Etsy prints caught my eye. I love that they feature ingredients that can change and enhance the flavor of any dish. Basil, lemon, garlic—they’re all favorites of mine. I think it would be great to hang these… Read more »