My hiatus from this blog has been longer than I expected. This is why: Sadie, my first child, was born in April, and in the months leading up to her birth, and those since, I’ve been a bit preoccupied with her existence. On the topic of this blog, early pregnancy cravings were quite focused on … Continue reading
Writing a book is hard work. Both slow and harried at once, the process can feel somewhat endless – especially if balancing a totally separate, full-time job at the same time. There are moments of great meaning, when interviewing featured subjects or settling on the perfect sentence construct, or, especially, when submitting the repeatedly proofed … Continue reading
Continued from “Part One”… I don’t watch Martha Stewart regularly (she, in fact, makes me feel like an underachieving loser after too much viewing), but my mom does. We both think she has brilliant, if not always practical or realistic, ideas and like watching the frequently competitive interaction between her and her guests. Well, wouldn’t … Continue reading
In a bit of a divergence from the typical post, today’s is a two-parter, given the unique country from which the featured chef hails: Iceland. Consider part one a mini introduction to Ísland (for “island,” the Icelandic name of the country), while part two is all about the incredible chef I met there. Enjoy. Something … Continue reading
The air is thick and sticky in the empty afternoon dining room of his stellar first restaurant in New York’s West Village, Perilla. It’s a Friday in September of 2008, pre-service. And its owner and chief cook in command, also the first winner of Bravo’s Top Chef, Harold Dieterle (pictured right), is about to share … Continue reading
Cravings of Home 