As the weather finally gets warmer, I encourage you to find a day to visit Arthur Avenue. New York is changing fast. Before you know it everything of interest might have turned into luxury apartment buildings and chain stores. Let’s all slow that change down by giving some time and money to the neighborhoods and businesses that still make New York special. While you are there, buy the ingredients to make this dish!
Tag: travel
Maui Foods That I WIll Miss
This winter, my mother retired and after 31 years of living on Maui, moved back to Canada. Over Christmas and New Year’s I went to home to help her pack up her house, touch all of my favourite rocks and trees and bodies of water and eat my childhood foods one last time. If you…
Passionfruit Cream Pie in a Coconut Crust (gluten-free and vegan)
I apologize for my month-long absence! I have been traveling, and truly enjoying not looking at a computer more than for a few moments once or twice a week. Over Christmas and New Year I was on Maui with my mother (see photos above). Then I came home to NYC for four days, during which…
Happy Lunar New Year!/ Gluten-Free Shrimp and Pork Dumplings (inspired by travels in Taiwan)
Happy Lunar New Year! I always feel a little bit more excited about the beginning of the Lunar new year than the I do about January 1st. Maybe I just need another month to get excited about the idea of a new year…or maybe it is easier to get excited about a new year if…
Tea Time in Taipei/ Black Sesame and Lemon Tea Cake (gluten-free)
This October, my husband and I returned to Taiwan for two weeks. This is our third time traveling to Taiwan, and we love it more each time we visit! Last year, we were teaching a puppetry workshop for the Close to You Puppet Festival (You can see last year’s post about traveling in Taiwan here)….
Mystery Squash Gratin/ Nolichuckey Bluffs B and B
I mentioned in the Succotash post, that my husband and I visited family and went camping in Eastern Tennessee recently. Well, we also stayed at a wonderful Bed and Breakfast. Our camping trip was followed directly by a visit to my husband’s Uncle in Johnson City. I feel comfortable with my in-laws, but not comfortable…
Black Sesame Shortbread with Candied Ginger (Gluten-Free)/ Travels in Taiwan
In October, my husband and I went to Taiwan to teach some puppetry workshops. We ended up getting stuck there for four extra days because the big storm hit NYC the day we were supposed to get home. I haven’t mentioned the trip, because we have been pretty distracted by storm aftermath since returning. It…
Salmorejo- Andalusian Gazpacho (gluten-free or not)
A few years back, I travelled to Seville, Spain with my friend and artistic collaborator Rima Fand. We were doing research for a puppet/music piece that we made together. We will be performing that piece again Febuary 13- March 3, and it has been making me think about our research trip. I took a crazy…
Snack Time on the Island of Cats
I am home now, but my sister and I recently spent the last two weeks of our month-long trip to Estonia on the island of Kassari (the island of cats). There will be some talk of snacking and foraging at the very end, but first some stories about our travels! Kassari is actually…
Travelers Potato, Leek, Gouda Soup (For a rainy day in Tallinn)
In mid-June, my sister and I spent six days in Tallinn, which is the largest and oldest city in Estonia. Tallinn offers an excellent balance between modern and medieval. If you want to travel to Europe to see traces of VERY old culture and architecture and you want to travel to a place that is…
Big Sis Little Dish 