As the long days draw ever shorter and the air swirls just a little cooler with each passing evening, it becomes evident that the golden days of summer are getting ever nearer their end and with that comes the bounty of zucchini and corn…a pair that don’t seem to be matched often, but these two…
Most people do not even know how to breathe without inhaling their first cup of coffee and for a non drinker like myself, the initial reaction of most is to say “oh you’re a tea drinker”, with my usual response of no surprising them. Yet, here we are with another coffee recipe because it is…
Keeping quiet during the weekend to go as full on crazy during the week isn’t something that happens…ever! I certainly have never turned down plans on the weekend so I have money to go out during a weeknight…but my best friend coming into town for three days also isn’t something that happens ever. Usually we…
Most of the foreign food on this blog involves recipes that are in fact, very simple and not time consuming. That is one of the reasons why I created this website, to show you, wherever you may be, that foreign food doesn’t have to be daunting to attempt in your own kitchen. Most are quick…
While in Istanbul last week, I had the luck and opportunity to meet talented artist Elif Nursad, kind, humble and exceptionally talented along with the rest of her family, I left saying I would be back. That evening in the anticipation of going to buy a small artwork for some friends the next day, I…
It was a rather uneventful weekend for me due to a rather bad sleep that led to feeling unwell all Sunday, so I was laid up in my humid apartment watching Sleepless in Seattle and Julie and Julia between reading ‘On the Road’ and reliving travel memories via old photos. Overall it was like a…
When your a kid at the dinner table (especially a nineties kid or earlier) your parents would have used the old adage of “eat what’s on your plate or you get nothing.” So after the Full House credits rolled and we all sat down at the table for another dinner I was usually greeted with…
Monday night involved a lot of eye rolling induced by amazing food and it all happened thirty eight floors above London as the rain lashed at the windows and the golden tree swayed in the wind at Sushi Samba. After excitedly waiting three weeks for our booking on a Monday of all days to roll…
On a conversation with Nina recently we discussed our mutual adoration and love of food, such love that it made us excited just talking about our favorite meals. Of all times of day that gets my most attention though, it has to be breakfast. Breaking the fast and my need of a sweet palette to…
