Fall, oh how I love thee…let me count the ways. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year.  I love the crunchy leaves under my feet, leaf peeping, boots over jeans, cozy sweaters, apple picking and pumpkin carving. I also love having the excuse to eat soup everyday. I love a good pot of soup, and there is nothing more comforting than filling your favorite pot with a ton of awesome ingredients, and making your house smell magical… Read more »

I will be the first to admit it; I have a little bit of an Indian food addiction, just an itty bitty teeny tiny one. Whenever I order carry out in NYC it is either Thai or Indian food, but most of the time it is Indian food. Thank you sweet baby Jesus, that Derika is a good sport about it and indulges my ridiculous need to eat Indian food all of the days. I had Indian food for the… Read more »

It has been heating up in NYC, which has been making our apartment feel like my own personal sauna.  We do have air conditioners, but I am fighting it, because I feel like I really need to embrace the summer a bit since the winter was so brutal. I will admit though that we have been using the one in our bedroom at night to help us sleep…it has also been doing wonders on drowning out the city noise. As a result of… Read more »

  I love curry; I mean I really really love curry.  I’ve never heard of a pumpkin curry, until I went to a teeny Thai restaurant called Thai Classic in Paso Robles, CA while we were on a little wine tasting adventure…it was one of the most amazing curries of my life!  I only ordered it, because everyone on Yelp was screaming about it…who knew a pumpkin curry could be so good!  Love!  Ever since then, I have been on a mission… Read more »

How is it that I never had hummus until I was in college!?  Maybe it is because I am from the Midwest, but I know that we had hummus there.  In fact, I am from Michigan where there is a town called Dearborn; that has one of the biggest middle eastern populations outside of the middle east.  I guess I am just bitter, that I missed out on so many great hummus years.  I was hooked from the first bite… Read more »