One of the fundamental experiences of living on your own is cooking. It’s usually cheaper to prepare meals from groceries than to eat out most of the time. A few times a week Samantha and I go to Conad, an Italian supermarket chain, to get ingredients and food. We go so often that we know […]
I love Thanksgiving – that is, almost as much as I love cooking! Today, I’ll be making one of my favorite dishes – un potaje de frijoles blancas con chorizo y morcilla (that is, white bean, chorizo, and morcilla stew). Here’s … Continue reading →
The number one thing you should never do when you dorm, is schedule classes with long breaks in between. There are too many opportunities to procrastinate, and my day feels three times as long. That’s not an exaggeration. I thought that by having large breaks, I would be able to get more work done. Unfortunately, […]
Recipe of the Week: Guacamole And we’re back! Welcome everyone to the start of a new semester. Sorry for the delayed post, I was having some issues with uploading pictures. I previously wrote about how depressing the start of the semester was because of all the rain and the snow. At a second glance I […]
Recipe of the week: Scrambled Eggs ‘Twas the crack of dawn. Light was barely seeping through the shades of my windows. My eyes popped open with a sudden realization. “I want scrambled eggs and toast” Does this ever happen to you? Waking up at absurd times with intense cravings is never a pleasant experience, unless […]
Recipe of the Week: Chicken and Potatoes Staying home for a week was fun…ish. What with all the anxiety and lack of power, I wouldn’t exactly call it a “vacation.” The night before, I went to the supermarket and bought enough food for a month. I had no way of knowing whether or not the […]
Goblins and ghouls and witches galore! Asking for treats and then asking for more, A laugh and a whisper, shh, a ghost can’t be seen! Prepare your pumpkins, it’s Happy Halloween! And how was your Halloween yesterday? In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy shutting down schools for the third day yesterday (which, by extension, means […]
I jiggled my dorm room key for a few seconds, struggling to open the door. With a final pull and heave, I opened the door with a familiar loud squeak. Usually when I walk into my dorm, I see my roommates sitting around the TV watching MTV while doing their homework (very productive I know). […]
Recipe of the Week: Chicken Noodle Soup Fall: the only time of year when nature misleads us. Bright blue skies and still green leaves trick us into thinking it’s still summer. Then we’re hit by reality once we step outside and get whip-lashed by the bitter wind. Jackets that were once stored away in the […]
Recipe of the Week: Hummus For those of you who actually have class on Mondays, Columbus Day this year created a nice little extended weekend. An extra day to sleep in, do your homework, or even go out and do something-dare I say-fun. But Columbus Day for me means one thing: family dinner. Today is […]
