EVENT: Necklace Return; Writing Group
TYPE: Repentance; Using Repentance’s Leftovers
GOODS BAKED: Lotus-Necklace Blondies, Writing Group White-Out Cake

Like any good older sibling, I enjoy borrowing my sister Kate’s possessions with or without her permission and holding on to them far longer than sanctioned (if, of course, sanctioned to begin with).

She has this necklace that I covet—a gold chain with little lotus leaves dangling off it—and, being the generous individual she is, she lent it to me for six months. The only problem…

TYPE: Weekday Detox
MENU: Green Goddess Soup with Zucchini, Chard, and Cilantro

You could say my mother instilled in me at an early age a love for vegetables. But really she just made me a food snob, exposing me to haute baby food by asking the waiter to run her leftover veal scallopini through a blender to bring home to me or ordering the vichyssoises at family dinners out instead of cutting up baby pieces of bland chicken breast for my ease of consumption. Having grown up with my grandmother’s green beans with hollandaise sauce (one…

Mag Club meets in the Middle East: Michelle’s Tzatziki Two Ways, with Kate’s Hummus Behind

EVENT: Mag Club March
VENUE: Cara’s Apartment, Park Slope
SIZE: Seven
MENU: Colorful Southwestern Salad (C); Corn and Barley with Chive-Mint Vinaigrette (P); Leora’s Baked Tofu, Roasted Broccoli with Pine Nuts, and Caramelized Caprese; Sarah’s Summery Angel Hair; Kate’s Peanut Butter Hummus; Michelle’s Tzatziki Two Ways; Jordana’s Cheese (and Love)

If you haven’t noticed yet on BGSK, we love hummus. It’s fast and easy, uses mainly pantry ingredients, and transports itself like a dream from places…

broccoli (top), roasted tofu (bottom)


EVENT: Mag Club March
VENUE: Cara’s Apartment, Park Slope
SIZE: Seven
MENU: Colorful Southwestern Salad (C); Corn and Barley with Chive-Mint Vinaigrette (P); Leora’s Baked Tofu, Roasted Broccoli with Pine Nuts, and Caramelized Caprese; Sarah’s Summery Angel Hair; Kate’s Peanut Butter Hummus; Michelle’s Tzatziki Two Ways; Jordana’s Cheese (and Love)


As promised in yesterday’s introduction to the Magazine Club Potluck’s copious

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EVENT: Mag Club March
VENUE: Cara’s Apartment, Park Slope
SIZE: Seven (we missed the rest of you!)
MENU: Colorful Southwestern Salad (C); Corn and Barley with Chive-Mint Vinaigrette (P); Leora’s Baked Tofu, Roasted Broccoli with Pine Nuts, and Caramelized Caprese; Sarah’s Summery Angel Hair; Kate’s Peanut Butter Hummus; Michelle’s Tzatziki Two Ways; and Jordana’s Cheese (and Love)

“Magazine Club” is simultaneously the silliest thing we do and one of the most satisfying. It was invented by Kate and Cara one Sunday…

EVENT: Coworkers (sort of) over for dinner
VENUE: Phoebe’s Apartment, Flatiron
PARTY SIZE: 5
TYPE: Casual Weeknight Dinner
MENU: Roasted Tomato Soup with Crispy Pancetta; Pesto Grilled Cheese; Bistro Salad

Part of being a big girl in New York is coming to terms with the fact that your time (and life, by extension) is not your own. Second is learning how to manage your budget so the meager time spent out of the office can be enjoyed to the fullest without breaking the bank. In…

savory pancake topped with tofu, greens, and sweet peas

DISH: Fried Lentil Salad with Leeks; Savory Cornmeal and Grain Pancake with Herbed Tofu; Baked Eggs with Tofu Croutons
MAIN INGREDIENTS: Lentils, Tofu, Grain Pilaf
TYPE: Creating and Using Leftovers

Recently, my co-workers and I got to talking about food. We were eating lunch (of all things) in the conference room on a Friday, some of us from our own brown bags, some from always-delicious Midtown takeout joints. In the adult equivalent of the Twinkie swap, we were exchanging ideas of dishes to cook,…

EVENT: Hoboken St. Patty’s Pick Me Up Brunch; Post-Party
VENUE: Adam’s Apartment, Chelsea
PARTY SIZE: 50-60 Green American Apparel T-Shirts Wearers; 30 Recovering Daytime Drinkers
TYPE: Brunch Buffet; Evening BBQ
MENU: Green Eggs and Ham i.e. Phoebe’s McMuffins with Farm-Fresh Eggs, Prosciutto and Pesto; Post-St. Patty’s Patties i.e. Adam’s Famous Man Burgers

One day a year, us New Yorkers get the a chance to be the “Bridge and Tunnel” crowd, as degenerates young and old flee the island of Manhattan across the gray yonder to…

EVENT: Meeting Swathi’s Man Friend
VENUE: Phoebe’s Apartment, Flatiron
PARTY SIZE: 5
TYPE: Casual Weeknight Dinner
MENU: Carne Asada with Chipotle-Mango Salsa

My friend Swathi never had a serious boyfriend in college. Well, this can be debated. But I liked to think of myself as the closest she ever came to it, evidenced by our intimate two week road trip cross-country. That said, being the pinnacle of maturity that I am, when it came time a few weeks ago to meet her mysterious (yet real) new…

EVENT: Sunday Supper
VENUE: Cara’s Apartment, Park Slope
TYPE: Simple dinner
PARTY SIZE: 4 total
MENU: Spicy black bean dip; Rice noodle salad with vegetables and cashews; Asian baked tofu; Thai cod; Minted fruit salad and cookies

One of the excellent perks of my neighborhood is the fact that it’s really easy to park on the street. This numbers among the reasons it’s easy to convince Jill, my older sister who lives in Gramercy and is now the…