Duck Confit Gyoza with Dried Cranberries

Welcome to summer everybody! For me, this week is a week off of work. What to do... well, besides a few loads of laundry, I feel like pumpin' some jams (currently Blues Traveler) and cooking some food. Sorry, honey, looks like the wedding diet has to wait another week. 


Look at these morsels of flavor.

Sunday Brunch: Dim Sum BBQ Pork "Bao" Buns

So, I made that pork shoulder the other day. Wow, what a lot of meat! I was in a serious crisis of what to do with the left-overs. And, after a failed attempt to go out to a brunch of dim sum in Sunset Park with a bunch of friends, I got to thinking. Maybe I could replicate the best part of dim sum: those fluffy, sweet steamed BBQ bao buns.

Summer Cocktail Series: The Classic Margarita

Say goodbye spring and hello summer! It's Memorial Day weekend, the official start to of summer, so fire up those grills, get out those flip-flops and get outside. It's going to be a beautiful weekend here in NYC for the holiday. Finally, respite from the water-logged spring that we had.

And.... Since, it's 5 o'clock, I figured that it would be the perfect time kick off summer with the first in a series paying tribute to all of the cocktails that make summer great. 

First up, the ultimate in summer time fun, the humble margarita.

Blueberry Yogurt Scones with Maple Glaze

Okay, so the world might end today. At 6pm.  I'm still trying to figure out if it's Eastern or Pacific. Either way, you'll probably be able to find me with a cocktail in my hands around 6pm on either time zone today.

And since, today could be the end of the world, I decided to prove to myself that I can actually bake something before the rapture happens.  But mostly, I just really wanted a scone.