This isn’t a guide. It’s just a gratuitous food post. 1. Stuffed pizza We got two slices of pizza stuffed with cheese, sauce, chicken, pepperoni, and sausage, along with the best garlic knots I’ve ever had, at Rocco’s in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. They have a great hot sauce on the counter, too. 2. Chicken roti Took… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011
Just a heads up: I had the oysters at each of these restaurants. I can’t help it; it’s a personal rule. Coast = seafood, and my favorite seafood is oyster. But I did sample a few other dishes at these restaurants, and nothing disappointed. (And I’m fairly sure that wasn’t just because of all the… [Read more…]
August 11, 2011
The best street food in the world seems to contain the word 'balls,' and you can quote me on that.
May 26, 2011
Confession #1: I thought a clam gun was an actual gun. I mean, not a gun gun. As I listened to my fellow writers, Oregon natives who remember back when razor clam hunting involved a shovel, discuss during dinner how careful you have to be not to break the clam’s shell when using the gun,… [Read more…]
April 22, 2011
I considered titling this My First Press Trip. Like a child’s board book. Sally’s First Tooth. Cheesy, right? But this month I was lucky enough to land what was indeed my first press trip as a travel writer, and pretending that the experiences that followed are old hat to me seems decidedly not transparent. The… [Read more…]
June 15, 2010
From My Sphere of Domesticity: Two for Tuesday! Post two of anything: book reviews, pictures, quotes, poems, songs, videos, rants, shout outs, whatever floats your boat. Just connect them somehow. That’s it. 1. A Job This past week I started a new job as the Local Expert on Seattle for Nile Guide! Duties include updating… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
…says the girl about to move into the tiniest of apartments. With pretty much no furniture. I like having money to travel, buy instruments, and…you know, pay bills and eat and stuff. But it’s never been a big motivator as far as how I decide what I want to do with my life. (Let’s think… [Read more…]
January 16, 2010
Don’t gag. This is good stuff, folks. Today was one of those days where my stomach begged me for a good vegetarian meal. This one was incredibly easy, tasted great, and had a surprisingly fluffy texture: Butternut Squash and Quinoa Gratin. Peel and cube a butternut squash or two, spread them on a baking sheet,… [Read more…]
December 2, 2009
Tonight, we went from planning on leftover soup for dinner to a full-on Indian feast. Mom made this fish recipe, using tilapia and ginger-garlic paste. We used coconut oil to fry them, and added curry leaves to crisp in the oil before putting in the fish. The curry leaves, which have a really unusual (and… [Read more…]
November 25, 2009
In all the excitement of my FIRST THANKSGIVING IN TWO YEARS (!!!!!!!!), I nearly forgot to jump in on Road Trip Wednesday, brought to you by yaHighway! Today’s question: What hobbies do you have besides writing? Two definite hobbies of mine are reading (of course) and cooking/eating. Reading about cooking/eating is particularly great. I’ll read… [Read more…]
April 13, 2012
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