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  • Basil Tofu Cotta with Strawberry

    With my boyfriend’s mother around, I’ve been eating more creamy food and sometimes enjoying it and other times, not so much. I’ve found that I like many of the Italian desserts if they are made right, such as tiramisu, bomboloni, and panna cotta.

  • Death and carrying on

    Birth and death is the natural course of a human life yet while the West rejoice in birth and mourn death, the few funerals I attended as naive child felt more like a celebration. I was shielded by my parents from death as they’ve encountered too closely the meaning of death. It wasn’t until a…

  • List: 30 Before 30

    As 30 looms around the corner, I started thinking about my goals and achievements. They say it’s a good habit to have short term goals but also to have long term goals. I’ve always put off my “what to do before 30” goals since it seemed so far away. But it creeps up on you.…

  • A Very Hoboken Afternoon

    It’s not everyday you’ll hear me say, I’m in New Jersey! I avoid it like the plague since I always feel trapped if I go there, despite knowing there’s public transportation available. But this past weekend, my boyfriend needed to send a package from New Jersey so I thought a good compromise was to visit…

  • Spicy Tomato Sauce + Spicy Beef Ragu

    Last week, one of my favorite Italian places, I Tre Merli, closed down. It’s as close as you’ll get to real Italian food that isn’t watered down to American taste, however, it is on the pricier side. I’ve measured all spaghetti alla vongole to this place. The best place for this dish was definitely Genoa,…

  • Castle Williams & LMCC Open Studios

    Memorial Day weekend came and went like a blur. Every time I have a three-day weekend, I say to myself, why can’t it always be a 3-day weekend? Wouldn’t that be perfect? Of course, it’s never truly a 3-day weekend when you inject work into one of the day to prepare for the week in…

  • Poughkeepsie: The Houses of FDR and the Vanderbilt’s

    The Northeast isn’t known for its mountain and beaches like the west nor is it known for its great plain like the Midwest. Instead, it’s known for its quaint historical towns littered with historical estates that rivals that of the chateaus of Loire Valley in France. Having grown up in New England most of my…

  • Whirlwind Weekend Paris

    The last I visited Paris was with a broken heart. I went to mend the last few strands of dignity I had left, figured out my goals, and renewed my purpose so that I wouldn’t ever be that silly, naive girl again.

  • Fried Gnocchi with Spicy Soppressata

    Spicy soppressata are the best invention ever! It’s better than those fake spicy italian sausage and salami. Then I had seen a recipe online for fried gnocchi and thought why not? Spicy fried food is always a good option.

  • Mixed Citrus Salad

    This recipe was inspired when I went food shopping and I saw this giant fruit. Was it a grapefruit? No, it was something called pomelo. I’ve never had one before and it was so intriguing that I couldn’t resist not buying it.

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