Archive for 'food'

tomato season

Posted 14 August 2006 | By | Categories: food, senses, taste | No Comments

tomatoes Originally uploaded by this is emily. thanks, mightyfoods, for compiling 10 delicious things i can do with summer’s amazing bounty of heirloom tomatoes.

3 happy-making ice cream discoveries

Posted 14 August 2006 | By | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, food, happiness, health, nyc, observations, shopping, taste, technology | No Comments

Especially the chocolate cabernet and molasses tipsycake…. Sundaes & Cones in the East Village offers ginger, red bean, green tea, lychee, ginger, taro, wasabi, honeydew ice cream cones, cups and cakes and ito-en teas.

the sublime pleasure of chocolate and peanut butter

Posted 07 August 2006 | By | Categories: consumerism, emily approved, food, happiness, health, nyc, passions, senses, taste | No Comments

for making chocolate covered peanut butter cups simply impossible to resist…. so delicious, covering creamy peanutty butter in petite 6o calorie size cups.

links for 2006-06-26

Posted 26 June 2006 | By | Categories: animals, food, interconnected, links, science | No Comments

It Died for Us – Frank Bruni – New York Times Interesting essay on the ethical implications of our diets. From lobsters to feed lots to foie gras…. lots of good questions! (tags: nutrition food ethics diet consciousness animals compassion) Seed: No Longer a Mind of Our Own “New research is blurring the species boundary, [...]

links for 2006-05-24

Posted 23 May 2006 | By | Categories: culture, food, health, links, music, people, senses, shopping | No Comments

Nina Planck’s new Real Foods markets to open in lower Manhattan next month.

…Appreciative intelligence can be defined as the capability of perceiving the inherent generative potential within a situation at hand.

meatpacking district/west village weekend update

Posted 08 May 2006 | By | Categories: fashion, food, nyc, shopping | 1 Comment

The wraps are off Banchet Jaigla’s beautiful flower bar, right next to Banchet Flowers at 809 washington st. Can’t wait to sip champagne among the vanda and cattleya.Have you ever smelled a shepherd’s basket?

2006-02-06 Highlights

Posted 07 February 2006 | By | Categories: food | No Comments

Listening to Frances Moore LappĂ©’s inspiring talk at Stanford, “Choosing courage in a culture of fear” (itunes link). “How can it be that we as societies are creating a world that none of us as individuals would choose? In fact, that we as individuals abhor. How can it be true that as societies we’re creating [...]

recent taste pleasures

Posted 30 November 2005 | By | Categories: emily approved, food, taste | No Comments

brussels sprouts right off the stalk from yuno’s farm at the abingdon square greenmarket (pictured above) nasi lemak and hitachino nest ginger ale at fatty crab oden at decibel lavender masala chai at lassi green chile clam chowder at cookshop roasted cinnamon gelato at otto homemade food slow cooked with love steel-cut oats made in [...]