We’ve been having a heat wave in New York, so what a good excuse to make home made popsicles. I haven’t been cooking as much as I would like…mostly because our kitchen is a sauna in the summer. But I figured the payoff of popsicles was worth the sweat. It all started with fresh cut [...]
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Impress Your Friends: Hong Shao Rou
If I had to choose one kind of food to eat everyday it would be, without a doubt, Chinese food. And naturally, I love cooking Chinese food. I can’t say I am the most authentic, but I do make a pretty good lo-mein. The newest addition to my cooking repertoire is Hong Shao Rou or [...]
This Weekend: Blood Orange Mojitos!
I saw this recipe on Design*Sponge and am determined to try it. Not only is the color amazing, but blood oranges are one of my favorite fruits. Whenever I see them in the grocery store I buy at least 15 at a time. Typically, they aren’t available until the dead of winter, but you can [...]
The One Thing I Can Cook: Mini Baguettes!
My old college roommate Nomi is a Yale Law School alum and works in civil rights law at the New York Civil Liberties Union. In short, she’s real smart. So of course when I went to visit her at her apartment we watched cat videos and baked bread. As it turns out Nomi is a [...]
Fighting the winter blues one hot toddy at a time
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I am determined to fight off the usual depression I feel during these dreary winter months in New York. So I have turned to a few people for advice. This week, the advice comes from food blogger Sarah Lohman of FourPoundsFlour. You may remember her from my [...]
A Retro Thanksgiving – From the 1700′s to the 1980′s and beyond
I’ve been trying to think of the best way to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the 2nd Floor Living virtual world, and what I keep coming back to is the history of this holiday. And I don’t just mean way back when with the Pilgrims but also Thanksgiving in more recent times. So here are some [...]
