Summer Cucumber and Cantaloupe Salad & Me

Are you looking for the easiest, fanciest and tastiest option to bring to your summer parties or picnics that happens to fit almost all dietary restrictions out there? This salad fits all this high order. I was blown away by the simplicity, loved the Michelin star restaurant style plating and feel like this fits a […]

Umami Oatmeal & Gossip in the Grain

Wooo. Its been awhile. I’m sorry ya’ll. I have been enjoying the Seattle spring days that have been warm, sunny and irresistable. Long walks outside, time in the sun, intense gym workouts so that I can spend more time in the sun and everything grilled. At least if its after 5 pm. Here is potentially […]

Braised Lentils with Mirepoix salad & Tough Love

Do you have an album that everytime you play it, your heart ebbs and flows with the music? Its almost life giving? In my mind, this isn’t really an energizing album but one that soothes, comforts and encourages without bringing you down. Jessie Ware’s second album Tough Love does this for me. Her voice is incredible and […]

Citrus Salad & Wonderful Wonderful

Winter in Seattle has me in its grasp again. Somewhere in the middle of a dark afternoon, I find myself playing melodramatic songs that put me in a gloomy mood and then walk home in the rain, still listening to gloomy music. I’ve noticed it takes real effort to shake myself out of this mood. […]

Red Lentil Thai Curry Soup & Tear The Roots

How do you feel about silence? Have you ever really thought about it? Silence has come to mean many different things over the years,  a mixture of good and bad. Have you ever noticed what silence means depending on who you are with? With your partner or closest friend, silence can be a comfort. With […]