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So it started with tomatillos. At the farmer’s market we had them, and I had never had them. So I took some home. And they sat in my fridge. And I asked everyone I knew, “Have you ever made anything with tomatillos?” And everyone who answered in the affirmative pretty [...]

So anyone who knows me knows that I love frozen desserts. For years that meant I would often make ice cream my dessert, even in the winter time. I have since discovered that uncultured dairy products don’t sit well with me, so I have moved onto other options. Sorbet for one. [...]

And this is why I prefer to get my stuff from the farmer’s market.

How sketchy!

But yay for ABC reporting on the Dupont FreshFarm! They rule.(for whatever reason, I can only get the embedded video to display in IE.)

There’s been lots of worry recently over plastic bottles and other food containers, and what is safe and what is not.

Here’s what’s safest: #2 and #5.

#1 is okay (it’s what most bottled water is sold in). But you don’t want to repeatedly reuse it these kinds of bottles – they don’t hold up super [...]

My friend Robin and I checked out the relatively-new Chix, on U Street and 11th. Chix’s tagline is “Eat Responsibly,” and they try to uphold this mantra by offering organic rotisserie chicken (provided by Freebird in Lancaster, PA), black beans seasoned with cumin and orange served with brown rice, roasted sweet potatoes, and juice-flavored [...]

Training for the Cleveland Marathon begins next week. I’m already trying to get a head start by reminding my body what it feels like to run more than 3 miles. So far, so good. But if I’m going to make it through the next four months of training, I am going to [...]

photo taken from DCist

If you’re in DC and have ended up in either the Metro Center or Farragut North Metro stations this week, you will have been inundated with ads about unfair treatment by the Washington Post of its production workers and utility mail handlers. These are the folks that bundle your newspaper every [...]

Seems like I need to check out Getting Unstuck by Timothy Butler. Though really, this interview with the author alone offers lots of insight.

Check it out.