About 2 weeks ago, I went to an extremely popular Puerto Rican restaurant called Sol Food in my neighborhood w

I'm not sure if it was my brother coming to visit me from NYC this past week reminding me of my childhood or i

It's Memorial Day. Which means it's officially summer. I know it's not really but I absolutely love summerti

I've been grilling nonstop these day and I don't hate it at all. Food tastes better after being cooked on the

We don't eat nearly as much seafood as we'd like. I try to buy only high quality, sustainably raised fish that

My favorite fermented food hands-down is kimchi. I grew up eating it, and it goes well with almost everything.

Happy Easter or Passover weekend! My family was never big about Easter, except going to Church on that Sunday,

One of my favorite dishes from my childhood is my mom's Galbi Jjim, which literally means "braised short ribs

I know I know, I haven't posted in forever and a day. The past few weeks have been a bit stressful with a tri

There was a point in my life when I didn't like beef jerky. I was clearly insane. I just didn't like the way t

Some days, I just feel the need to clean up my diet. Especially after a fun Saturday of day-drinking and eatin

Let's pause and talk about the fact that when my parents visited over the holidays, my mom brought her Le Cre

Hope everyone had a great New Year's celebration!  We stayed home and rented The Interview (eh, it was okay),

Oh hi! Merry Christmas Eve!! I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks. It's been sorta hectic around here. My paren

Will it ever stop raining? Probably not. People in the Bay Area were freaking the eff out this past week about

I'm so happy it's almost the weekend. It's been a rough week. Getting back in the groove of things after a h

https://youtu.be/2fcpjBRMD1E My last recipe for you before I fly (almost) across the country to Cleveland to s

The best kind of recipes are the ones that feel like they shouldn't count as a recipe because they are so stu

I have the whole apartment to myself this week! Well, more like the dogs and I... They make great company. C i

The fact that I can hear "A Marshmallow World" on a Target commercial as I'm writing this means it's almost h

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. What the hell. How is it November already?? I'm still getting used to

When we were subletting for a month and a half after we first moved to CA (which was almost 3 months ago) and

Did anyone else have a wet and rainy Halloween? We did here in NorCal. I kinda liked it. It meant less trick-o

Who else is craving comfort food? MMMMM lasagna. Just because I can't have gluten doesn't mean I can't eat som

If you know me at all, you know I'm not a sweets person. I know. INSANE. I can't even remember the last time I

Potlucks are the sh*t. It's a fun way to enjoy the best thing in life (eating, obviously) while connecting wit

My hands are on fire. No, not literally. That would be insane. Especially because I'm typing and that wouldn't

I'm one of those people who do not look forward to Fall. Fall means colder and darker weather which I despise.