Okay, I admit it: I’m not going to shake my iced chai latte addiction. I intended to give them up six months ago (and did for a while), but now I’m back to drinking them almost every day. So if I’m not going to make the perfect choice—stop buying the stupid things—I’ll make the slightly [...]

Sharon tricked me into brunch this weekend by inviting me to lunch at a vegan restaurant: True Bistro in Teele Square. Even though I can get a little paralyzed in the face of so many choices, I love vegan restaurants because I’m able to sample everyone’s dishes. Luckily, there seem to be more and more [...]

Jason’s job has been a little crazy lately, so he hasn’t had much time for breakfast in the morning—usually he grabs something at work. So this weekend we made a bunch of breakfasts ahead of time and froze them. The egg sandwiches were a bust (kind of dry), but the mini breakfast quiches were a [...]

As you may have heard, quinoa is my new favorite food. Not only is it a complete protein, but it feels like little eyeballs popping between your teeth. I found this recipe for quinoa chili on nutritionist Marci Anderson’s blog. Easy Quinoa Chili 2 tsps extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 2 tsps salt 2 [...]

I finally got an application in for a community garden plot. It took me six months to get a clear response from the Cambridge Conservation Commission about how to apply. Unfortunately there’s also a three-year-long waiting list, so there probably won’t be any posts on here about gardening anytime soon. But if anyone else in [...]