10 Easy Frozen Treats to Cool You Down
This weekend, we’ll hit the first day of the last month of summer. It’s that time of year when we all should really, really take it easy. Try to go slow. Savor the long days of sunshine.
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This weekend, we’ll hit the first day of the last month of summer. It’s that time of year when we all should really, really take it easy. Try to go slow. Savor the long days of sunshine.
So happy to get together with Julia Erickson, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Principal Dancer and Co-Founder of Barre (one of my favorite energy bars!)
Let’s talk peaches. Are you thinking dessert? Think again, buster.
I have a confession. I’m a member of a group with a certain, um, proclivity. It’s not unique. Everyone has these particular fantasies. We just go one step further and make these fantasies reality. Then we take photos and share it with every
Could it be true? A vegan AND paleo-friendly* caramel sauce? Move over olive branch, I think this may bring peace on Earth.
This time of year makes me happy and anxious at the same time. Happy because of the abundance of fresh, local food available. Happy because the weather is cool enough so that I can cook and bake without making my house’s ambient temperature
A pressure cooker and slow cooker version of an old favorite
Yes, you can have greens in your breakfast!
It’s National Kale Day and what better day to get on the kale chip bandwagon?
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Dessert for breakfast was never this good (for you). And fancy parfaits make it look like its all complicated. Ssssh. It’s not. Which makes it perfect for Back-to-School Breakfasts!
Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine
Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine
Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine
Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine
Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine
Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine
Wait. Wait. Wait. I swear, everyone would be happier if they had one of these. Just read the reviews!
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It was 1:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, and I needed a designated driver. One of the benefits hazards of my job is that indulging shamelessly is a midday necessity from time to time. This week, I had an appointment with my friend, Elizabeth Gilgunn,
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Its not every week that I swoon over a tweet. But last week I did. Thug Kitchen tweeted me. You know it. I favorited and retweeted that thing quick. And its all because of these avocado sandwiches.
I can’t believe The Brazen Kitchen is two years old and The Brazen Kitchen ON Pittsburgh Magazine is a year old! Yes, I will say it. Time flies!
Finally! The recipes for the vegan entree at last week’s Bar Marco No Menu Monday!
“Winter fashion” may be an oxymoron but this “healthy treat” is not! Head on over to Pittsburgh Magazine to get the skinny on spring cleaning (not with a broom – with The Clean Plate Cleanse) and FREE tickets to the Farm to Table Conference
Its 10 o’clock. Do you know where your brownies are? That’s the question that confronted me last night as I bolted to the kitchen, hyperventilating, realizing, that NO, I didn’t know where my brownies are. And I had an excruciating craving
Hello everyone! A belated Happy New Year! (or a very early one if you celebrate other “New Year” dates — because you know, it happens all year!)
Here’s reason number 1 why I love this recipe – you can use things you may otherwise just throw out: the pineapple core and the water leftover from making coconut whipped cream. Heck, you can TOP this with coconut whipped cream!
Today I bought a hand blender. I’ve never owned one and have always made do with my KitchenAid. Or my stick blender. Never really had a pressing need for a hand blender. Until today. My trip to the Farmers’ Market yesterday required me to m
During the season, I tend to like my fruits with as little embellishment as possible. When I say embellishment, I mean sugar. They are so fresh and sparklingly pretty that its a pleasure enough to enjoy them unadorned. But of course, it hel
We’ve hit it. Summer Solstice. 93 degrees. Heat index 100. Cooking is a bad word. RAW is good. Now while these rolls are technically not 100% raw (the rice had to be turned into paper rolls at some point!), let’s not split hairs. You will n
Yum….here’s a spin on spinach pie that uses no dairy. How can that be??? It uses — hold your breath — tofu! I know. I know. How dare I. But one bite of this puff pastry-enrobed nibble and you’ll understand why. I will never let you down.
Ah, just in time for Memorial Day weekend! Your new favorite veggie burger – packed with as much umami as I can think of and so worth the gamut of ingredients (make a double, triple batch — the whole summer is ahead of us!)
I know I posted a recipe for these already but I love these so much I had to write about it on Pittsburgh Magazine. In this post, I give you a great NEW variation: Curried Chickpea Fries with Chili Mayo. #drool.
Here’s an homage to Momofuku and mommy. And a kudos to the imagination of Milk Bar‘s brilliant Christina Tosi – James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year! A wonderful reimagining of your favorite childhood breakfast. Just in time for mother’
May is So Delicious SO MUCH TO LOVE Month! What does that mean? So Delicious is having a weekly contest with each week themed Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack/Dessert. My recipes are finalists in three categories and I will post them as they
Cinco de Mayo es manana (how do you do an en-ye, looks like I’m saying something altogether different, hmmm). Here’s your menu to beat out all other menus in existence. A taco like you’ve never had it, a chili with chocolate (yep) and the m
I hope you enjoyed the Girl Gone Wild post on Pittsburgh Magazine. If you haven’t seen it click on this! The pesto recipe was also featured on NPR Weekend Edition, on a segment by our very own Larkin Page-Jacobs of Essential Public Radio. I
I know that sounds hyperbolic but take it from someone who thinks salad is anathema in the cold months. And here in Pittsburgh, that would be 3/4 of the year — in this tropical girl’s definition of “cold”.
My friend Christine commented that Pinterest made her realize that people really, really, REALLY love cupcakes. I mean, REALLY. And she’s not off the mark. Here’s a picture of the search results for “cupcakes” (well hello there chicken potp
Its that time of year! My oven starts to take a break and I get more and more into un-cooking. I also like to spend more time outdoors so “quick and easy” are paramount. And I would like to share with you one of my family’s favorite spring/
I figured I can’t pay a straight up St. Patrick’s Day homage without putting some “fusion” into the mix. Really, the extent of this tribute is that it uses cabbage — more often associated with Irish cooking than anything I know of except ma
This post was prompted by a meeting with Jason Bittel as he was interviewing me about Awesome Pittsburgh for the Fitting Group’s Brand Spanking Newsletter.
Valentine’s Day is over but the love doesn’t have to end. In fact, the embers should have been stoked and this soup is perfect for keeping the fire going. Traditionally served after Ramadan to break the fast, I think Harira (or Moroccan Chi
Pink and fluffy and…”rustic” (if you don’t have fancy heart molds). These pancakes, while yummy, started out quite “empty” in my book until the impending arrival of Valentine’s Day pushed for pinkness to please the kids. Eschewing food colo
Just wanted to share something I saw over at Pinterest — among the plethora of other pinteresting things. This isn’t even really a recipe — it takes so little to make this and the rewards are so great.
This soup ain’t fancy pretty but it sure is yummy.
I know. I know. I just posted about a cleansing soup and now I turn around and post this chickpea fry atrocity. I am not trying to sabotage you. I’m trying to help you. The fact is, when you are transitioning to a more healthful way of life
Now that the seemingly unending bacchanalia that started on Thanksgiving is over, I am ready for a break. And this weather has me craving for my favorite cleansing soup. It is effortless to prepare. And like a great mathematical construct,
If greens are the new black then tacos are the new cupcakes. You remember. That seminal “Sex and the City” episode with Magnolia Bakery was an auspicious moment in cupcake history. Spawning ultra-expensive designer cupcake stores culminatin
“May you live in interesting times.” So goes the [allegedly] Chinese curse. This adage leaves me constantly vacillating between clarity and skepticism. Is it really a curse? Is it truly better to live a life of measured mellowness? Or will
Its almost Thanksgiving Eve. Your friends are posting about baking marathons, turkey frying woes and “the best stuffing” wars on Facebook. You? You still haven’t decided on what to bring to your potluck and Homer Simpson’s “You don’t win fr
In a Facebook exchange asking my friends for fiction recommendations, (I fear that reading fiction has been elevated/relegated(?) to “bucket list” level for me) a few people could not help but recommend a nonfiction book, Seabiscuit. It got
I’m a fan of one pot meals. Who isn’t?
I write this on a Sunday, on a plane ride back home from a business trip that overtook my weekend. A Sunday I begrudgingly gave to “work.”
And there it is. And I didn’t know it at the time. Like so many “lasts.” The next thing I knew, I needed a sweater in the early morning. Its dark at 7:30. Hot baths feel good again. I start to smell cinnamon and nutmeg in the air.
This is a thinly disguised gratuitous declaration of love for my food exchange group. And a case for YOU to start one.
Apologies if your search engine mistakenly led you here as you were looking to beat George Hamilton at his own game. But, don’t fret, it is a fortunate misdirection. Because now you can enjoy cookies without dealing with a hot oven. A feat
If you are old enough to have lived through Tech Bubble 1.0 (a.k.a. “the dot-com bubble” – who even uses the word dot-com anymore?!), you know what I’m talking about (and you also know what hampsterdance is).
[Warning: This dives deep into my tech strategy consulting psyche so if you just want the whiskey recipe – it is Friday after all - command-down arrow]
And such is my loving relationship with that word. Come on. Have you heard anyone who was actually, truly what “classy” aspires to describe say that word? As Guy Kawasaki said, its like bragging that you’re modest. There you have it. As soo
Sometimes it all gets a little bit much. And we’ve all felt that way. I have found, during these times, the drive towards catharsis escalates.
Kick me for the cliche. My writing teacher would circle it and write C-L-I-C-H-E in big red letters. My writer friends would flinch. Groupon will never hire me. But its late and I want to post this before I go to bed. It was either that or
We’ve all had our revenge fantasies. From the “involuntary” schadenfreude to the out and out Sesame Street-style “what would happen if I pop this balloon..?” But the best revenge is always the sweet kind. Which brings me to this cake. I can
NO. This is not about those kinds served in Long Island and don’t say “Arizona” and “Iced Tea” in one sentence in my presence. Unless you are actually enduring heat in Arizona, drinking iced tea, and not the kind from a gas station grocery
Went to the library this past weekend and took out three books: Everyday Harumi, The Japanese Kitchen and Momofuku. Everyday Harumi and Momofuku are making the transition to my Amazon shopping cart.
Sunday at our house is Pancake Day. And there is nothing better (or at least we think so!) than our house pancakes. This is one of the two I always make.
Its Cinco de Mayo. And this recipe has nothing to do with it. I say that because I fear the Mexican equivalent of the A.O.C. if I claim otherwise. While this is not in any way, shape, or form, claiming to be a version of Oaxacan mole, consi
I know. I know. I promised I would be gentle. And here I go, not even a month along and I’m already posting about tempeh. Wait, wait. Before you throw your hands up in “I-knew-she-was-going-to-go-all-vegan-granola-on-me” disbelief and close
This recipe was an accident. I declare that because — while tempting — it would be absolutely disingenuous to take full culinary credit. It is dangerous. I can eat this whole thing in one sitting.
It is very easy to create metaphors between love and food. Food is divine – an appetizing allegory for love – which is definitely and infinitely delectable. Both are visceral, encompassing and intellectually impossible to reduce down to the
I don’t think I need to write a long preamble to mac and cheese.
I haven’t posted in a while. Temporary single-parenting stints and multiple travel bouts in succession have resulted in what feels like a perpetual game of catch-up with routine. Now that summer has started in full force, I feel like I’m fi
I don’t know about you but I think “easy as pie” makes as much sense as “working like a dog.” All my dog ever did was lay down, cuddle, wait to be fed and played with. I never saw her work a day in her life. And that’s nothing compared to d
Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Cloves. It seems like as soon as fall season hits, these spices find their way to the front of my spice rack. It’s the delicious aroma of fall.
October. The first real breath of fall. The air is crisp. The leaves are starting to turn. Summer’s bright white hue changes to a spectrum of browns, reds, rust, orange and yellow…And I start to yearn for winter squash.
I guess that belies my age. Although I have never seen the commercial, I must confess I’ve seen enough Steven Segal movies to know who Kelly LeBrock is. Blame it on the fact that I grew up with my brothers and cousins whom together added up
I don’t think that “haste makes waste” is always necessarily true. I think sometimes, it becomes an opportunity for unplanned efficiencies. That’s what happened to me the other day. Distracted by a conversation of cascading causalities fixa
As you can see that is a picture of my 5-year old son, juicing. Now, this is not some staged photo-op. He asks to juice. He loves it. Granted, his Green Lemonade is less green than orange, although, everyday his tolerance for the “green par
Time and again, my body would crave for food that is fresh and alive. In the summer, we try to have raw food as much as we can. In the winter, when warming food is most attractive to me and I have it constantly — after a long stretch, I get
Trust me on tempeh. I know tempeh is one of those great dividers — that qualifier in your head that puts people left of the crunchy left. I must confess that this recipe was my rite of passage. I made tempeh once, years ago, to horrific res
I have so much reverence for the craft of making bread and have utter respect for the talented artisans that make them. To me, it seems like the most meditative baking ritual, and only those blessed with the innate intuition would know how
Record low temps are upon us and this tropical fish is planning to spend those days in her super thermal pajamas under an arctic-grade comforter. This weekend, I am cooking up a few batches of soup and getting ready. Here are my 8 go-to’s i
Fiddling with mashed potatoes sounds like a Rube Goldberg exercise, but, dear reader, to come up with a way to liberate it from the confines of a table and fork setting, to be enjoyed wherever we please – this is a necessary complication.
I’ve wanted to do this roundup for so long and what better time than now? Let’s take advantage of our new year’s resolve and truly head toward the path to a healthier you!
The mother of all Mondays is the first day back at work in January. That day has two sides. The glass-half-empty side is like, “Ugh, I can’t believe the food bender that started at Thanksgiving has to end.” (Suuuure, you can soften the blow
Raise your hands if you have picky kids!
Among many other things – including the flawless flavors coming from his kitchen at Legume that garnered his prestigious James Beard Award nomination in 2013 – Chef Trevett Hooper has been known for his vision of sustainability that tends t
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