If you’re ever in Koreatown, you should probably not go to a Chinese restaurant, right? Audrey and I made that mistake a while back and ended up at Shanghai Mong, probably the only Chinese restaurant on 32nd between 5th and Broadway. Okay, so it’s supposed to be “fusion,” but you don’t go to Koreatown [...]
My mom grows chives in her yard, something she started doing when we lived in Champaign, Illinois. They’re very easy to grow and maintain and when you trim them, the entire yard smells like fresh chives (which might not always please the neighbors). In Champaign, we used to stir fry chives with all types of [...]
Last week, I filmed a great little segment with the executive chef at Oceana, Ben Pollinger. Before we filmed the segment, the chef sent in some amazing treats for me to try and also had the pastry chef, Jansen Chan, send over some shaved ice. The shaved ice had the same texture as the watermelon [...]
My mom made this for me right before her car came to pick her up for the airport (actually, she hadn’t even finished packing yet!) She makes this soup during the summer time with squash and tomatoes from the farmer’s market and even brought a tomato FROM North Carolina to make this soup for us. [...]
Last Sunday, my friend Julia and I spent the day together having brunch, shopping, and rock climbing. Julia and I know each other from kindergarten and have kept in touch even though my family left Pittsburgh in middle school. We used to have play dates when we were kids, always competed for the [...]
