Hope you’re having a lovely 4th of July!
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I’ll be out in California for about a week, so there won’t be any new posts for a bit, but hopefully, I’ll bring some interesting new ideas and inspiration back from the West Coast. See you soon!
Fruit soaked in liquor (apples, peaches, mango, and oranges are all very good in some rum or triple sec), a dash of sugar, wine poured over top: that’s all you really need for sangria. It’s my go-to way to dress up inexpensive wine of either the red or white persuasion in the summer. (In the […]
Today, being Easter, is a time when many of us are having brunch, whether at home or out at a restaurant. If you’re entertaining at home, you may be thinking about how to make the experience memorable. Since it’s been proven again and again that we experience food with our eyes, as well as our […]
Earlier this year, I invited a rag-tag group of friends to have Lunar New Year dinner with me. We went to Chinatown Brasserie and had a traditional whole fish, duck, noodles, and more. It was more than an opportunity for me to share the flavors and traditions of my culture; it was a way to […]
This weekend, I had friends over for some dinner-making, so I’m feeling particularly excited about the amazing things that you can make with/for/inspired by other people. Therefore, today’s ToT is all about food. A food blog I’ve recently discovered: Dispatches from Whitcomb Street Like myself, Eunny Jang has a day job in the world of […]
Last year, I read an article in Edible Brooklyn that really got me thinking about eggs. For me, they become representative of industrial farming, our lost connection with our food sources, and a small step that I as an individual could take. I was already rarely buying eggs by the time I read the article, […]
I often joke that I’m the person my friends call randomly when they need a good recommendation of a place to take out-of-town guests or to purchase that perfect cocktail dress. With that in mind, I’m sharing my answers every once in awhile, here on my blog. It’s Ask-a-Zontee, so named by my friend Liz. On […]
One of the things you’ll quickly discover here on LUTTE is that I love a one-dish meal, and more importantly, I love a one-dish meal that will feed me for a couple of days. I’m not afraid of repetitive meals (as long as they’re good) and I love home-cooked food (especially when I don’t have […]