fish tacos.

In 2008, my family took a family trip to Mexico the week I started my first job in NYC. It wasn’t intentional (so they say), and though certainly jealousy inducing, new job jitters and new (york) city promises were enough to soften the blow. Four years later, the job’s all but forgotten, though the city is as exciting. And the vacation? It’s become the family … Continue reading fish tacos.

honey lavender ice cream.

A walk through the greenmarket these days is a feast for the senses — wooden pallets overflowing with crisp snap peas and the first of summer’s sweet corn, piles of rhubarb and cherries, fragrant trays of seedlings for the planting, fresh bread, ostrich eggs the size of one’s head, jars of golden honey, brightly color flowers, and lavender. So much lavender. So much lavender, we … Continue reading honey lavender ice cream.

yellow.

The color dinner series, which launched in April with green, returned this weekend with a sunny, summery, yellow. Yellow! There’s corn (we could and almost did have an entire meal made of corn…),  summer squash and zucchini flowers, chickpeas and canary beans, lemons, pineapple, yellow watermelon and mango, bell peppers, heirloom & cherry tomatoes, saffron, curry, eggs! ‘Twas a bright, cheerful afternoon full of delicious … Continue reading yellow.