Ditch Plastic

While shopping at Whole Foods, I noticed a strange display that looked like ladies handbags. It turns out to be a display of multicolored silicon bags called stasher. It's an alternative to plastic that is sustainable and can be used instead of using cryovac,...

Pastrami

Pastrami and delicatessens seem to be fading. Though we found this one recipe helpful, as pastrami is a lost art, the memories of places like Bernstein’s lingering as nostalgia of a lost era. So I made some of my own.   

Annatto

The recent Goya boycott made me consider alternatives for seasoning of my favorite Latin dishes. Among the ingredients, I thought of annatto, a carotenoid seed commonly used in as a coloring agent or condiment in a whole lot of industrial food products, including...

Läderach Chocolatier Suisse

On our last visit to Switzerland, I remembered enjoying the endless blocks of chocolate stores found in any urban center. All share a common window display, namely slabs of chocolate. Upon returning home to New York, I noticed  a new Swiss chocolatier opening...

Long Island Restaurant Visit (Indoor Dining)

A few weeks back, I went to a restaurant in Long Island.The state government has pronounced this as Covid's Phase 3 where there is indoor dining with social distancing. The service was good but most surprising was a Long Island restaurant with first class food....