Savvy Eats

Growing up, when it came to special occasion and weekend dinners, my sister and I would take turns choosing the entree. My sister’s favorite was always grilled steak. My dad would mix the meat with some sliced onions, and slather it all with a bunch of mustard. After some time at the grill, he would [...]

There is a beautiful simplicity to the perfect roast chicken. The browned, crispy skin that everyone, even the most health-minded of guests, fights over. The flavorful, meltingly tender meat that hardly even requires a knife, shredding under the pull of a fork. In many kitchens, a chef’s worth is judged largely on their ability to [...]

Tomorrow, I’ll turn 26. My twenty-fifth year was interesting one. While I was often sick, plagued by headaches and nausea, the year was still overall positive. We took some big trips: a 10-day jaunt to Oregon and Washington, a fun yet exhausting weekend in Massachusetts for the Healthy Living Summit. I made a short visit [...]

Now that it is warm and springy outside, I’m all about adding a little lightness to our meals lately. I want to keep our meals simple and easy, too, so we can go for bike rides in the evenings and still have a healthy dinner.  Salads and half sandwiches are now lunchtime standards, and last [...]

I didn’t mean to post chorizo recipes two weeks in a row, truly I didn’t. I  meant to post gnudi, little ricotta dumplings in a sauce filled with fresh, springy vegetables. Except when I went to make them on Tuesday, I realized that the ricotta had gone bad. So I made chorizo con papas instead, [...]

Since recommitting myself to pursuing a writing career, I’ve had to find ways to add some structure to my day. In an engineering or other traditional job, I’d have a set start and end time to my day, and assigned projects and deadlines. But working for myself, that isn’t the case. It can be so [...]

There’s been a lot of career turmoil going on in these parts lately. I’ve been pulling back from Savvy Blog Services to spend more time on my writing, only to realize that a career in writing seems terrifying and difficult. I spent a few days in March sitting down with my notebook and pen, coming up with [...]

A few weeks after I started taking anti-gravity Pilates, my instructor Josh told us we were going to add something new to our routine: swinging, or “swooshing.” We stood with the hammocks in front of us, resting right at the hip crease, and walked forward until the hammock was tense.  Then we rose on to [...]