Watermelonade
Watermelonade is a naturally sweet and vibrantly colorful beverage for summer, made from watermelon juice and fresh lime juice. Recipe to come.
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Tag: Lucid Food
Pretty Up Your Lunch!
In search of local fruit for my catering events this winter, I went to the farmer’s market expecting the same old apples and pears. Well,…
Lucid Launches!
Happy Martin Luther King Day, everyone. I hope you’re getting a much needed respite from work, and a chance to contemplate the meaning of today’s…
To The Moon!
The official launch party for the Lucid Food cookbook happens tomorrow. The book is blasting off!
I’ve spent the past week securing event details, and the…
Healthy Food: Luxury or Necessity?
In my blog, my cookbook, and in the cooking classes I teach, I talk a lot about cooking with local ingredients. I encourage people to…
Advice For A Healthy New Year
Yesterday, WNBC’s Today in New York aired my visit to the farmer’s market with fearless features reporter Cat Greenleaf, and I talked about how to…
A New Year’s Caviar Conundrum
Just before the holidays, I received a bottle of Dom Perignon as a gift, and with New Year’s around the corner, I knew I wanted…
Handmade Food Gift Ideas: Farmer’s Market Gift Basket
Here is a gift I would love to receive (hint, hint friends and family!). It’s pretty hard to go wrong with this one: Walk around…
New Amsterdam Market Chili Blizzard Extravaganza
Today we were at Lower Manhattan’s New Amsterdam Market selling some homemade food and showing off the cookbook. The market is a wonderful scene: artisan…
Handmade Food Gift Ideas: Sweet Chile Toasted Nuts
These nuts have always been a hit at catered events, disappearing quickly whether or not they’ve been accompanied by cocktails. They couldn’t be easier to…
Cookin’ for Colbert
Today we made lunch for the staff of the Colbert Report. It was great fun, and hey, it looks like I’ll get tickets to the…
New York Food and Climate Summit
Today’s Food and Climate Summit at NYU, timed to coincide with the climate summit in Copenhagen, was energizing. I attended workshops on everything from canning…