The Five Toughest Reservations in America

A while back, Grubstreet wrote an article titled, The Five Toughest Reservations in America. I was intrigued by the article and very surprised to learn that I’ve visited some of them! The article has some guidelines before naming the toughest reservations in the US (for instance, no seasonal restaurants and no restaurants that accept walk-ins). […]

Rao’s

Have you ever read anything about Rao’s? You’ve probably seen the pasta sauce next to the regular marinara at Whole Foods or some other grocery store and wondered why it cost $7.99 compared to the $1.99 Whole Foods organic stuff. Well, Rao’s is a restaurant in Harlem (and Las Vegas) and it’s one of the […]

Aerogarden: Week 5

Last week, I was really excited about the overall progress of my Aerogarden. I was finally able to use some of the herbs (well, only the basil); I made an egg white omelet with some basil that was pretty amazing. Over the week, everything has grown a LOT: In fact, the basil has gotten so […]

Gracenotes NYC Giveaway winner!

Sorry for the delay – congratulations commenter #10: Molly, I hope you had a wonderful weekend chipping chai tea and reading “The Shadow of the Wind.” Send me your shipping address and I’ll get these products out to you ASAP!

Xi’an Famous Foods

On Saturday, Justin texted me to see if I wanted to go to Flushing for lunch. Since I’m always looking for people to go to Flushing with me, I jumped at the opportunity to tag along with Justin, Julie, and his friend, John. We met up at the train station (I was right behind them […]


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