I recently dined at Delaware and Hudson, a restaurant on the Michelin list for 2015,with my friends Keegan and Denise. I’ve known Keegan since we were both in high school; we both grew up in central Illinois (he grew up in Bloomington, I was 45 minutes away in Champaign) and competed against each other on […]
Last week, I made a delicious banana pudding for Jordan’s birthday celebration at the office. I gave him a few choices of what I could make for our office treat and he picked the banana pudding. I have experience making banana pudding (and have documented it here) but here is the actual recipe: Magnolia’s Banana […]
When David and I used to live on 19th street, there weren’t too many shops and stores on the street. Now, however, there’s a SoulCycle, an international bookstore, Muji, and a Dough Doughnut Shop: The first time I tried Dough was at Brooklyn Flea; the passion fruit with cacao nibs doughnut was sweet and tangy […]
I love love LOVE shaved ice and was so happy to hear that Snowdays Shavery opened up in New York. I grew up eating shaved ice in Taiwan (and one summer in Korea!); whenever I visit my dad in Asia, we always go to multiple night markets where we eat shaved ice with all sorts […]
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I was strolling around the neighborhood and finally made my way to Breads Bakery, a local bakery known for their chocolate babka and other breads: Breads Bakery serves all types of flour-based treats; croissants, babka, many different loaves of bread, sandwiches, etc: I wasn’t in the market for actual bread […]
