Category: Work & Life

• Saffron milk tea (karak chai)

  

  When I spend all my time at home, with constant access to coffee, one of my biggest challenges is trying not to spend every waking hour refilling my mug and getting myself so jacked up on caffeine that it’s laughable to even consider sleeping prior to one or two in the morning. If it’s coffee,…

  Carina

  April 26, 2020

  Home Cooking, NYC Food, Recipes, Work & Life

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• Sourdough: Beginnings

  

  Like most things one does in one’s early 20s, I took for granted my first kitchen job. I worked in the pastry department of a restaurant with a whole animal program, a commitment to using local produce so serious it prevented them from putting sliced tomatoes on their hamburgers in winter, and a pair of…

  Carina

  February 12, 2020

  Home Cooking, Recipes, Work & Life

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• #FALLFEELS & new directions

  

  Because I have a serious case of FOMO, and “living in the moment” is one of the hardest things for me to do, the passing of Halloween and the approach of the holiday season immediately sends my mind towards thoughts of the new year ahead. It was last January, after doing a goal-setting exercise from…

  Carina

  November 3, 2019

  Work & Life

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