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In Cravings We Trust

Living life through my mind, soul, and stomach.

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Miso butter bath

Ever since I tried Mott St’s pan-seared mushrooms in a pool of miso butter, I’ve been borderline obsessed with recreating this taste of nutty and silky nirvana. When Chicago Magazine finally published the miso butter recipe this past year, I... Continue Reading →

Vietnam is for dreamers.

When I first visited Vietnam 10 years ago, I experienced a bit of shock transitioning from two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the middle of the mountains and rice fields of Northern Thailand to the lively traffic and... Continue Reading →

Weekend in the City: Chicago Baby Shower Cravings

One of my best friends is going to become a mom in a matter of months! A bunch of future aunties traveled to Chicago to celebrate this milestone with baby shower games, laughter, and a whole bunch of food and... Continue Reading →

After-School Special: Khai Jiao

There's something about the past month that have left me tired and wanting to go straight from telework sweatpants to After-5 sweatpants for tv marathons, collaging, and a plate of Oreo truffles. I've been craving warmer simpler times, which i... Continue Reading →

COVID Comfort Food: Dumplings for Breakfast

Dumplings for days.

Lobstah Killahs: A New England Craving

Oh, the things I’ll do for a lobster roll.

To MN State Fair With Love

Templeton said it best is Charlotte's Web: "A Fair is a Veritable Schmorgasboard-orgasboard-orgasboard!"

A Family Farewell to Bad Saint

Established in 2015 in Washington D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood, Bad Saint is one of those places where you feel like you’re visiting your auntie’s house for an after-church service meal: family members gather in their Sunday best, loosen up their... Continue Reading →

Got noods?

Landed in Portland yesterday! In the city that seems to have everything as long as you’re craving, leave it to me to escape the East Coast only to seek a Greenwich Village craving of spicy hand-pulled noodles a la Xian... Continue Reading →

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