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It’s really just a coincidence. Perfect timing you could say. I was inspired to make this quinoa salad with citrus after an incredible New Year’s Eve dinner at The Village Idiot in Lexington. A mixed grain feast for both the eyes and the palate, wheat berry, quinoa and farro were tossed together and topped with bright grapefruit and blood orange, the burst …
I am aching to return to my routine. The past several weeks have been host to a plethora of emotions, compliments of a series of events. Punctuated by anxiety, happiness, fear, nostalgia and overwhelming gratefulness, blogging was set aside and my attentions were turned elsewhere. Focused on family and friends, I escaped to St. Simons Island and Destin, Florida for …
I couldn’t understand what had just happened. All I wanted to do was copy a few sentences and paste them into another document. Simple, right? But I was left staring at a blank screen in disbelief. My entire post for fried calamari was gone. Erased. Photos of squid now floating about somewhere in cyberspace. Don’t cry Lindsey, don’t cry. You …
I discovered my love for cooking during a long search for a stress outlet. I’d come home from work, completely spent and emotionally drained. I would find myself zoning out in the front of the television, trying to put the challenges of the day (or week, or month…) behind me and to simply ‘check-out.’ Flipping through the channels, I kept …
One week from tomorrow, my baby sister will be boarding a plane bound for Edinburgh, Scotland. She will attend veterinary school there for the next four years. She will be ok, right? I feel as if this next step in her life shouldn’t be so hard for me. I mean, this is the same sister who excelled as a student …
The perfect bite. You know the feeling. When all points on the flavor-spectrum combine, making your tastebuds sing. There are few things better! Our time in San Sebastian was punctuated by a multitude of these experiences, all given to us in the form of a pintxos – the Basque version of a tapa. Each pintxos bar offered up one-to-two bite …
Of all the food we tasted in Spain, I was most excited to try my hand at pan de tomate. And not just because it calls for only five ingredients found in almost every kitchen and is nearly fool-proof. It is one of those bites you take that instantly calms you. The simplicity needs no translation – we all know …
It’s a perfect little bite. Poppable roll-ups topped with lightly toasted sesame freckles. I could eat 100 of these tuna nibbles. Seared on the top and left refreshingly raw on the bottom, this is a perfect way to work a fancy piece of fresh, sushi-grade tuna into your next gathering, without handing out money as guests walk in the door. …
This is a tale of four foods, each one very different from the next. When standing alone, they exhibited noble and tempting qualities, but fell short of their true potential. Iceberg lettuce, while crisp and refreshing, was a bit watered down – diluted. The tomatoes were easy on the eyes, with their varied colors and spherical form, but lacked substance …
There are a handful of foods that I just can’t seem to get enough of and smoked salmon is near the top of this list. I have to exercise great restraint when presented with this beautiful and delicious brunch staple otherwise, before I know it, an entire side of salmon is gone. And let’s be honest – it’s not just the …
