(adapted/modified from a ReadyMade.com recipe)
A very filling, delicious salad full of good-for-you ingredients. I feel that some of the measurements on the ReadyMade website are a bit off, when it comes to the amount of quinoa they suggest for the recipe. It also may depend on the type of quinoa, I suppose. However, having prepared [...]

I’m sorry for lack of updates. In mid-August, my 3.5 month long period of unemployment ended and I started a new job working on the facilities management team of a museum. Since then, I’ve simply had no time to update because I’ve been working fairly long hours. However, I am now transitioning into a more [...]

Today I quickly whipped up one of my favorite Russian breakfast foods, syrniki. My friend Ellen and I call them “pancheesies.” They are a very common staple of Russian homecooking, kind of like hash browns and pancakes are the familiar staple of any American’s breakfast.

The recipe is as easy as pie (actually, easier than [...]

One of my resolutions for the new year is the desire/need to take more photos. Unfortunately, most of the time that I’d wished I could reach for a camera, there wasn’t one about. Mainly, it’s because my trusty Nikon is too big and heavy to lug around on a daily basis.
I was a good girl [...]

Oh, I am most certainly behind on updates. The month of December was a busy, busy time. With holidays, birthdays, visitors and work deadlines, I haven’t had the time I really wanted to devote to keeping a chronicle of my little joys.
This month involved fantastic dinner party – Sarah’s annual Vodka-Latka feast; a Medieval-themed Winter [...]

I am most thankful to my friend Jason P., as it is through his blog that I found out about Joy Kampia’s delightful knit food dresses. The awesomeness is a bit overwhelming. I would absolutely dress as a hamburger or wear her fantastic donut necklace/scarf.

The only thing I knew about paprikash was that line out of “When Harry Met Sally.” (You know, “Waiter! There is too much pepeerrrr on my paaaprikaaaash!”)
I had a nice mid-sized head of cauliflower in the refrigerator, which I was saving for making gobi gosht. Leafing through Molly Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest, I found a [...]

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I went down to visit a friend, who is in town staying with her parents in Sebastopol. Their beautiful horme is set in a garden of lemon trees, violets blossoms and green succulents. We were invited by our friend for a relaxing afternoon, with a particularly sweet offer of [...]