Breakfast/Brunch

30 Aug 2014

Giveaway: T-fal OptiGrill!

This is kind of the greatest thing to happen to my tiny NY kitchen: the T-fal OptiGrill. Not gonna lie, it looked intimidating to use…

18 Aug 2014

Brunch at Ted’s Montana Grill + Giveaway!

Living in midtown, I feel like I’ve exhausted some of my favored brunch places. The usual suspects for me have been Eatery and Norma’s, but…

13 Jul 2014

Breakfast idea: Baked Avocado and Eggs

I bled for this recipe. Literally, though. My friend Zeenat posted a picture of these baked avocado with eggs and I was salivating over them.…

10 Feb 2014

Almond French Toast

So far visiting home has been everything I love about Chicago, and why I can give the five feet of snow a pass this time.…

2 Feb 2014

Overly Caffeinated in DTLA: Handsome Coffee, Little Bear, and Stumptown

Since my friend Yasir moved to LA, he’s become quite the coffee connoisseur, and one place he couldn’t stop raving about was Handsome Coffee Roasters…

24 Sep 2013

Monikas Cafe Bar in Astoria

First of all, I’m not entirely sure what the correct name for this place is — on Yelp, it’s Cafe Bar, on their website it…