Category: Food

Later this week, we will be in vacanza in Italy, and non vedo d’ora! (I can’t wait!) We will be traveling with my parents to visit our relatives in northern Italy (my grandmother’s cousins) as well as heading to some parts of Italy that none of us have been...

Over the last month, as Omicron has wreaked havoc, it seems it is time to reclassify the pandemic as an epidemic. I have lived the past 2 years being as cautious as possible: vaxing, boosting, and stockpiling enough N95s to supply an island nation for a year. Starting around...

I am so thankful for the return of some normalcy to this year’s Christmas. While we continue to keep family gatherings small, we returned to normal celebrations. My parents came to visit since we were working during the holiday week (perhaps it is my secret way of avoiding the...

A few weeks ago, we flew to visit a good friend in Sacramento, and spent a few days in Napa Valley. Here are some tips for planning your food and wine journey, including some pandemic-specific tips!...

This past month we found ourselves in the midst of a historic blizzard. Any hopes of March 2021 being different from 2020 were dashed – we were back to being trapped at home, working over Zoom from the living room, and scrounging up creative dinners from the pantry. Our...

Going through travel photos from Israel this past weekend was making me hungry. I won’t lie – the food in Tel Aviv was incredible. And the concept of mezze – those small plates brought out en mass at the beginning of the meal is such a lovely way to...

I was cooking paella at home long before I had ever set foot in Spain…which perhaps might not bode well for authenticity. My parents took a trip to Spain during the 1990s, and returned home marveling about many things, but what I remember repeated most was the  late hour which...

I love to start the new year with a good hike. And after, a great dinner. This fancy-pants meal is one of the greatest things to come out of your crock pot, and makes a wonderful post-hike celebratory dish to come home to. Ossobucco (translated to hollow bone) is...

Whew, it’s been a year. And not the holiday season any of us anticipated. Instead of the usual fanfare and events to look forward to (Trolley party! Ugly Sweater party! Family dinners! The infamous punch bowl at the office holiday party!), it was more like a regular work week...

Having grown up in the restaurant business and having a true affection for chefs and workers in the restaurant industry, the pandemic has been tough. We spend a lot of time reminiscing about favorite meals out. Las Vegas was the last place we visited before the pandemic shut the...