Guys…it’s hot!  Like in the 80s, which is hot for San Diego, because not many places have AC. You will find most of us cooling off at the beach, sipping on frosty beverages, while snacking on chilled deli sandwiches. Well, not this San Diegan!  I have been doing a decent amount of traveling lately, and whenever I return home I have been craving giant bowls of vegetables. So instead of twinkling my toes in the sand at the beach, you… Read more »

Oh man, it has been way to long and I am so sorry that I have been so MIA lately. I finished culinary school in August, wrapped up my kitchen internship in October, and since then I have been working at a farm-to-table restaurant in the West Village called Mas Farmhouse. Besides getting my butt handed to me in the kitchen on a daily, I am still teaching yoga, traveling a ton and gearing up for the holidays. I am… Read more »

Derika and I went to Ireland in 2008 and had the time of our lives. We started in Dublin and road tripped the whole southern half of the country, stopping wherever our little hearts desired or whenever we got thirsty. Let’s just say there was a lot of Jameson and Guinness consumed… Being a vegetarian, I was worried that I would have a hard tome finding things to eat in Ireland. As I suspected, Ireland was not super duper vegetarian friendly,… Read more »

At the end of last year, Derika and I spent two weeks traveling through Thailand. During that time we spent a few days in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Krabi, taking cooking classes in each city. The food scene in Thailand really blew my mind and I was glad that we took the time to take a cooking class in each location. Out of all of the things that we learned to make, my favorite dish was a Chiang Mai Curry… Read more »

Somehow we managed to skip right over the holiday season, and it basically feels like January in NYC right now. No snow, just bitter cold with a wind that cuts right through you. No joke, I think that the windows in our teeny NYC apartment are made of tissue paper. On a regular day with the windows closed, I can actually hear people talking outside in the courtyard while I am sitting in my kitchen. Right now, as I sit here… 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 »