Current Affairs
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 62 & 63 – Calm Down and Eat
Those of you who know me (and even those who don't) know that I think about food a lot. When I go on vacations, I plan where I want to eat in any given destination, engaging in hours of online research. I subscribe to cooking magazines. I have an extensive cookbook collection. For 10 years
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 60 & 61 – Race Against The Clock
When you live alone and get a delivery of amazing fresh seafood, you have to eat a lot of seafood. Quickly. For the past two days I've been working through the hamachi and salmon (more sushi! poke – but I forgot the scallions!) but wanted to make sure I didn't let any of the (non-freezable)
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 59 – Here Fishy, Fishy . . .
In the before times, I didn't cook a ton of fish at home. I often will have frozen shrimp from TJ's in the freezer and will sometimes buy some scallops or a piece of fish, but not particularly often. When I was in CT, we ate a good amount of fish — maybe 2 or
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 57 & 58 – Managing the Freezer/Fridge
As I've mentioned, I'm really trying to take stock of what I have and what's missing before I go ahead any get any more food. Each day, I do a scan of what needs to be frozen/thawed/moved around/eaten quickly/consolidated, etc. One thing I've been having some challenges with is milk. I put milk in my
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 56 – Old Favorites
I'm trying to get into the mindset that food is readily available and that I don't need to shop differently than I normally do. At least not yet. I've been working from home since mid-December, and although I usually have social plans that involve food and drink at bars and restaurants periodically, I've been watching
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 55 – Making Room
Yesterday was one of those days where I did a bit of taking stock — does anything need to be eaten soon? How much room is in the freezer? What did I order already? Let's start with the last question first. I have two food orders coming my way. First, a relatively small Fresh Direct
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 53 & 54 – Impulse Control or Lack Thereof
So I was plugging along on Tuesday with a fridge (and freezer and pantry) full of food. For lunch I had leftover Dinnerly kung pao chicken with jasmine rice with some mediocre but easy scallion pancakes I made last weekend, and I was all set to make this Smitten Kitchen sheet pan meatballs with crispy
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 52 – Trying to Tone it Down
As I mentioned yesterday, I ordered a LOT of food from Fresh Direct, including things I don't usually buy or keep in the house — some healthier than others. For example, I don't ordinarily go through a lot of fruit, so when I shopped in the before times, I'd get some cut pineapple, maybe two
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Day 51 – Pantry and Planning
Now those of you who know me know that I like a well-stocked pantry in normal times. I don't feel comfortable without it. I had an amazing pantry at my disposal in CT and frankly, I think I have a pretty incredible pantry in my studio apartment as well, considering I have a fraction of
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COVID-19: A Food Diary Days 30 – 50 -The Blur, Relocation, and Recalibration
Twenty days. Yeah, I got bored writing. Or I lacked motivation. Or I felt like our cooking was sort of uncreative. Delicious, for sure, but not super-interesting. Some highlights? Grouper with asparagus and fish generally — I have gained confidence in my ability to cook all kinds of fish (olive oil, S&P, any other seasonings,