I’m about to divulge top secret information. I have managed to keep this a secret from my children thus far and hope to continue to do so for quite some time. At some point I assume they will catch on, but in the meantime I will enjoy my parental rights to eat ICE CREAM for [...]
Family, friends and food…it doesn’t really get better than that! I had the pleasure of enjoying time with all three of them over Memorial Day weekend as my dear friends from college, Naomi and Freya (btw that’s Macalester College…holla’) traveled from New York City and Minnesota respectfully to see me and the fam. It was [...]
In February I had the good fortune of having to travel to Colombia 0n business. I am always down for a trip and as I had never been to Colombia I was eager to see what awaited me there. My division at Phelps Stokes (the NGO I work for), Programs for Latin America and [...]
Counting down 2 days to our one-year celebration of Zomppa on May 3. Here is Tonija, another veteran of Zomppa.com?!!!! What is your favorite food movie or book? The very first thing that came to my mind was the book Aphrodite by Isabel Allende. If you do not know anything about this book you MUST read [...]
There are two kind of kids, those that eat…and mine! Our daughter is 3 1/2 and her diet consists mainly of rice, grapes, and oatmeal…my one year old son won’t eat anything that comes out of a baby food jar/container…and he sees ‘em coming a mile away. Now, my husband and I consider ourselves to be [...]
Is there life after the restaurant business? Does one have a life when they are IN the restaurant business? I spent about 10 of my wild and carefree years in DC’s restaurant scene. I knew Jose Andres BEFORE he was JOSE ANDRES! I started as a hostess at the downtown (and at the time the [...]
