Why is it, lately, that every bit of good stuff has to come with equally proportionate bad stuff? (I know, that was really eloquent, let...

So wouldn't you know that just when I get this awesome trio of faux-micro lenses for my camera AND cook up Viva Vegan's feijoada twi...

Perhaps a future chapter in my autobiography will read as follows: "I shall always remember the first occasion on which I realized that...

January : The Black Sea, Bagels, and Beans February : Poverty-inspired flour mania- Pancakes, Spaetzle and Gnocchi from scratch March : My ...

The Russian Tea Room in NYC Aaaaah, the holidays. Those precious occasions when you stare at departures screens f...

Hello my nice relaxed and calm blog friends. What, you're not all sitting in your warm houses baking cookies, content with the fact that...

Ah, my first real winter in Berlin. So far I've been torn between thinking, "Bah, I hate this weather, these gray skies, the fact t...

Well, I guess its time to admit that the end of Vegan Mofo was a big fail for me. This can be attributed to two factors: A.) I was in Englan...

My friend Soo-Youn makes these amazing Korean vegetable rolls ( Kimbab ) for me sometimes when we are studying. ("Studying" meanin...

I know that people are entitled to different opinions on brussels sprouts, but I love them so much I have confused them in my mind with junk...

Although Berlin and DC are not entirely dissimilar, there are some major differences that can't be explained just by language or cultur...

When you are low on cash, condiments are your friends. The simplest (and cheapest) things become special when there is some sauce or dip to ...