January 2012
1 post
December 2011
6 posts
Orthorexia Nervosa
For my masters project at Columbia I wrote about the eating disorder orthorexia nervosa, the unhealthy obsession with healthy eating. It was published this week on Health.com.
Naturally I spent a lot of time editing this story while eating Oreo cookie cake at the Cake Shop in the Lower East Side.
An excerpt:
Alena’s obsession with healthy eating started in 12th grade, when she found...
Jew Food Plus Some Pig
Jew food is so beautiful. Gothamist writes about the Jew food renaissance with chef Zach Kutsher. His restaurant sounds magical. A lovely quote from the article:
“our gefilte fish is…made with wild halibut and a beet and horseradish tartare. I love our Romanian steak, which is a prime skirt steak with caramelized onions and our wild mushroom knish is amazing. Our roast chicken I...
Bikram Sues Donation Based Studio Yoga to the...
You know Bikram? He’s the yoga man who started the sweaty 105 degree yoga sequence. Now he is suing Yoga to the People, a donation based studio with locations in New York, San Francisco and Seattle. So I wrote about it for Business Insider. Read all about the lawsuit here.
Also, about a year ago Details magazine wrote an interesting article about what goes on during Bikram’s...
The DMZ
Now that Kim Jong Il is dead I thought it would be most appropriate to share images of that time I stared at North Korea.
This is me, having a ball at the DMZ.
Here are some tourists snapping photos of North Korea, land of barren trees. One is prohibited to take photos beyond the yellow line.
The soldiers were there to enforce this rule, which I accidentally broke.
This is North...
Cooking in the 1960s
I made this Brussels sprout pizza. Homemade dough topped with rosemary, thyme and sage infused olive oil, Parmesan cheese, garlic and roasted sprouts. I also make the best tacos in the world. No joke. Green chili corn tortillas, pinto beans, spicy sautéed mushrooms and onions with a homemade tomato hot sauce. Garnished with cilantro and lime of course. Also, check this out - sautéed reindeer...
Peeing in SF
My guide on where to go when you have to go for The Bold Italic. Read it here.
November 2011
5 posts
Bear tooth engagement ring
Ring designed by BloodMilk. These would go well with my human wisdom teeth earrings.
Before Facebook there was Purple Moon
There was a time when I enjoyed buying CD-ROM computer games packaged in cereal-sized boxes. And I had a good collection of computer games in my youth. These games gave me great experience (resumé worthy experience really) in the challenges and nuances of multiple careers. I have designed clothes for Barbie, have directed her in various independent short films, and have created my own teen...
The Final Manicure
My final manicure from Stinky Pinky the other week. An amazing finale to a nurturing and expressive art show. Love the googly eye.
Death to Bread
Three and a half hours. One and a quarter boxes of Bisquick. Two artists (Quintessa Matranga and Chloe Schildhause).
Skeleton is roughly 5’4”
I’m particularly proud of the detailing on the lunate.
Biscuit aorta and superior vena cava.
October 2011
2 posts
Stinky Pinky
For the past three Thursdays, artists Quintessa Matranga and Hilde Lynn have been hosting Stinky Pinky, a performance art nail salon. Here are scenes from the Stinky Pinky debut:
Hilde and Quin, and their glorious shiny blue table. Potpourri, cat statues and glitter galore.
Quin, chatting with patrons.
This is my hand. As you can see, the results are fabulous.
Next Thursday is the last...
September 2011
6 posts
Gnomes
Ten years ago, June 24th 2001 to be exact, my friend Hannah Betterton and I read an article about garden gnomes in The New York Times. We fell in love with the hilarity of the article. One quote in particular has been engrained in my brain for the past ten years: “a gnome can’t help what he’s made of, and they all live very happily together in the garden.”
Hannah and I cut...
The Noya Sandwich
This sandwich is named after its co-creator, Noya Kohavi. Deconstructed babaganoush with red and golden beets topped with endive, radicchio and goat cheese on Acme bread’s herb slab.
16th & Valencia
K-Pop
Good news. I am now a K-Pop journalist for the website Seoul Beats. My first article is on the departure of Heechul from Super Junior, and my second is a rant on the banning of Psy’s “Right Now.”
The beloved Heechul of Super Junior. Read about his leave for the army here.
Psy flaunting his muscles and the article on why his song is banned.
Thai vs SF
Ronald McDonald in Thailand…
vs Ronald McDonald in San Francisco:
August 2011
7 posts
It Begins with Bibimbap
My first taste of Korean food was on the airplane - Asiana Air’s version of bibimbap. Sad, I know, but still exciting because it gave me a crash course in bibimbap before I arrived. They provided a guide on how to assemble (or what they call “mixing and harmonizing”) this quintessential Korean dish.
Bibimbap is served deconstructed. There are many varieties, but typically it’s rice with a...
Jjimjilbang
My first full Korean day was spent at the Jjimjilbang (bathhouse) Dragon Hill Spa because I couldn’t imagine doing anything else in my jet lagged state. It proved to be the perfect jet lagged activity and only cost me 10,000 won.
Dragon Hill Spa:
The pleasant walk to the spa:
I pranced around naked with Korean women and soaked in various large bathtubs. This was great because I have...
Arriving in Korea
Korea smells like fake fruit. Like fruit disinfectant wipes, or fruit scented Sanrio erasers. This is my first impression of the country and after spending a little over a week in this lovely place, I discover that it also often smells of mothballs and fermentation. It’s also very green. When I looked out the airplane window and starred at Korea for the first time, all I could see was a lush...
Bird
I met this kid in the park and he drew this on my foot.
Eating with Lulu: Part 2
Part 1 of my adventures with Lulu were posted a while ago, but I promised a sequel and will not fail to deliver.
In the last installment we ventured to Flushing for Chinese food and nibbled on chocolate in Williamsburg. Lulu’s visit to New York also included a late night sidewalk picnic of Roberta’s pizzas in Bushwick.
The chefs at Roberta’s, cooking up pies:
Our White and...
Beets
I wrote an article on nature’s candy for Brooklyn Based. Below is an excerpt. Read the full story here and get a recipe from Brooklyn chef Kenneth Tufo for his Beet Tartare here. Photos by Kelsey Dickey.
Dark red slivers, tender and juicy, staining fresh greens and bleeding into creamy white cheese–this is the essence of a refreshing beet salad. The formula is simple and its popularity...
WatchThis documentary is a tribute to one of my favorite meals, the meatball. The meatball has played a very important role in my life, having been there for me on my Bat Mitzvah, my 21st Birthday, the night my cat died, and will hopefully be there for future monumental occasions such as my wedding and funeral. Meatballs are love. Love are meatballs. Meatballs for life. Enjoy.
July 2011
3 posts
Bon Voyage Breakfast
I’m in South Korea now, but before I left I had a charming breakfast with my roommates Matt Yoka and Eric Appell at Egg. We drew fantastic etchings on the paper tablecloth, enjoyed biscuits, grits and kale then completed our morning with an adorable goodbye photoshoot.
KOREA! KOREA! KOREA!
Precious moments.
Bon Voyage Brooklyn. Korea updates soon.
“Someone wrote that the watch chains were tampons…That’s not even...”
– Alexander McQueen
Summertime Strawbs
Nicole Reber and I have been making many delicacies over the past few week, such as a strawberry crumble cake with vanilla bean ice cream. Nicole appropriately wore her strawberry skirt for this occasion.
This cake made a great tea time afternoon dessert, enjoyed in the beautiful neighborhood of Clinton Hill.
June 2011
1 post
Eating with Lulu: Part 1
I’ve spent the last couple days eating great things with the Lulu McAllister. Witness it all:
Tonight we ventured to Flushing, Queens for some pulled noodles with eel
and steamed pork dumplings
This was my second trek to the Golden Mall. My first trip to Flushing was an RW1 outing on August 13th, 2010 (If you have to ask, you’ll never know.) This was Lulu’s first...
May 2011
3 posts
SF Underground Market
My first visit to the SF Underground Market last year was a magical evening where my sister, father and I feasted on delicious pulled pork sliders, sweet potato tacos, chocolate cake with caramel sauce, and a whole roasted pig being carved up for Banh Mi sandwiches. This weekend’s venture to the latest Underground Market at Public Works did not live up to my first experience, although the...
What Babe?
Attention all mothers: get this for your child via Etsy.
Portraits
The talented artist Regina Pirrie created these portraits, which I used for my graduation announcements. Yes, that’s right, graduation. This 10 month pregnancy is almost over. By May 18th I will be giving birth to a Masters in Journalism.
April 2011
5 posts
Velojoy
A photo from velojoy.com, the day I was in the West Village on my way to eat falafel. I look pretty tired. I had just finished a yoga class, so maybe that’s why. Or maybe I’m just perpetually tired.
Passover Update
The Chozen ice cream arrived today. Matzoh crunch was a total let down. It was basically just your standard vanilla with some chocolate bits in it. I couldn’t find any matzoh in this ice cream. There were three other flavors to sample - all for various holidays. Continuing with the Passover theme there was Coconut Macaroon. It was meh. The Chocolate Gelt had a smooth consistency and was a...
Passover Fun
My roommate, Michael Keller, just ordered four pints of matzoh ice cream! They should be arriving in two days. And my order for breast milk ice cream is still pending. Stay tuned.
Photo stolen from Tablet.
Me posing with a scoop of Michael Keller’s cookie dough ice cream - no relation to Matzoh ice cream. Photo by Michael Keller.
Falafel
I was biking in the West Village today when a woman by the name of Susi Wunsch stopped to take my photo for her blog, velojoy. So that should be on her site soon. Exciting. She asked for my name, then asked where I was going.
“To get falafel,” I said.
Here’s evidence:
This delicious falafel was brought to you by Taïm.
Mutations
This morning I poured myself a bowl of Peanut Butter Puffins cereal, and to my delight there was a mutant variety. As you can see on the right is the uniform version, and on the left the exciting mutation. And I must say the mutant was delicious. Generally this cereal has more of a corn taste than a peanut butter flavor, which I do enjoy. But this blob was like a mushy peanut butter goo. It also...
March 2011
6 posts
Kittinhawk
The latest designs from Allysun Dutra for Kittinhawk at LA Fashion Week.
Designer Ally Dutra (right) posing with her model.
This story is dedicated to all retainer lovers.
Human Cheese
As part of my investigation into the world of breast milk, I spent my Saturday night eating human cheese ricotta. This batch was made by Miriam Simun using the milk of a anonymous woman living in Manhattan. Much more to come as my work on this article progresses.
Sidewalk Stories
My latest story for The Bold Italic. A look into the production and distribution of Street Sheet.
Modern with Monica
A few months ago I went to MoMA with the Monica Talag. We became works of art as a man in the atrium played Beethoven from inside his piano.
We then looked at menus at Eataly.
And decided on this:
February 2011
1 post
WatchNicole Reber and the art of studding.
January 2011
3 posts
Homies Forever
Homies hanging out at one of my favorite taco spots.
The 23rd Year
I had a birthday last month. It was a wonderful day of celebration and I was able to capture some of the moments on camera. Enjoy.
The day started with a lovely bike ride to the mission where I met up with the charming Catherine Connor-Moore for lunch. She treated me to an exquisite meal at Tartine. I had the pecorino and almond hot pressed sandwich which was a glorious medley of cheese, lemon...
December 2010
6 posts
Cheap Smokes
A pack of New York City cigarettes are the most expensive in the country, but addicts are turning to the black market for cheaper smokes. Read story below or on City Beats.
Black trash bags cover the wall of cigarettes at a bodega in Williamsburg, where cigarette sales have come to a halt. The bodega, on Union and Grand Streets, had their cigarette license suspended for two months after they...