Compensation was provided by Safeway, Vons, Randalls and Tom Thumb stores via Mode Media. Growing up in an Italian-American family, […]

I’m not sure where the time goes lately. It feels like I just shared the recipe for my turmeric tea […]

My desk is covered with printouts about reusing cooking oil, turning old cooking oil into biodiesel, maltrodextrin, MSG, and a […]

When I got back to New York last week, I had a few hours to get things done in Brooklyn. […]

As my plane touched down at JFK on Friday morning, I wasn’t sure if I’d really just spent 27 hours […]

Do you ever have those moments where a memory comes flooding back so vividly you feel like you’re in the […]

It is said that we’re our own worst critics. I’ve always grappled with that thought. A healthy sense of self […]

I have this habit of curling up with Virginia at bedtime. I’ve been trying to wean her off the ritual, […]

There’s so much I’ve been wanting to share since last week. I got through another anniversary—a big one. Last Thursday, […]

As I walked up the stairs from the basement today, I decided to do something I haven’t done the last […]

I’m not even going to pretend I have a long love affair with s’mores. It wasn’t until last summer that […]

I don’t know what to say, really. I pressed the publish button on my last post with much hesitation. I’ve […]

There’s simply no sweet way to sugar coat my behavior a few nights ago. I take my life into my […]

Eating seasonally is food foreplay. As I slow-roasted my first batch of cherry tomatoes this weekend, I knew it would […]

I get a thrill every time I drive by the cornfields along the road into town. Years ago, that thrill […]

Where to begin? It has indeed been a while since I’ve been here. While the packing felt utterly overwhelming at […]

My time in Brooklyn is down to single digit days. I seem to be walking in an alternate universe. Everything […]

I need to apologize for being a pie tease, for those of you following along on Instagram. It’s downright awful […]

The girls are rather good at keeping tally over everything being even-Steven. Inevitably, the scales tip more in one’s favor […]

You know that whole don’t judge a book by it’s cover theory? Well, today the perception I projected gave me […]

It was a rare moment to be in the city on a Saturday morning. We usually drive up to the […]

Lately, time has been a hungry monster, digesting every second of my days before I’ve had a chance to comprehend […]

Spring has finally sprung upstate. It was a long, cold winter, and many of us thought it would never end. […]

I gasped at my first glance of the Philadelphia skyline. Dare I say it’s more beautiful than my native New […]