October 3, 2018
Who doesn’t love eggs? My mother made all sorts of traditional Chinese egg dishes for dinner. Some of my favorite dishes were scrambled eggs and tomato; scrambled eggs and baby shrimp;
May 18, 2018
What’s the most rewarding thing about feeding people?
I see that they enjoy the food and tell me how good the food is. I like that. It makes it worth it. .
Pasteles mark time. Growing up, the frenzy and activity surrounding pasteles told you Christmas was coming.
May 16, 2018
What are pasteles? The simple answer: they are a green banana/plantain based cake-food from Puerto Rico containing various fillings.
Pasteles mark time. Growing up, the frenzy and activity surrounding pasteles told you Christmas was coming.
May 14, 2018
When I was one year old, my parents moved across the country from New York City to the suburbs of Kansas City to be closer to my mom’s parents.
My dad had been a New Yorker through and through - raised on the Upper East side, he spent his younger years sneaking into jazz clubs, playing in a trio around town, and starting out his writing career at various magazines he secretly hated, while staying up late to write his own novels.
May 6, 2018
As a dietitian, you may assume I’m going to give you a food-related story about how amazing salmon is for reducing inflammation, or how eating more plants is the key to living a long life.”
October 13, 2017
When Janet was 12 years old, her mother emigrated to the United States. In Jamaica there were many families like hers, where moms or dads had to work outside the country to support their families. The act of leaving in order to strengthen a family's resources was a powerful act of love and sacrifice, but to twelve-year old Janet, it represented it's own challenges.”