Some days you come home from work tired from the commute, and the last thing you want to think about is what to make for dinner.  The frozen box in the freezer with a shaped patty that is called “steak” never looked so good.  The ultimate salisbury “steak” is where Jared got his inspiration this [...]

Not long ago, we received a copy of the Eleven Madison Park cookbook in the mail and we haven’t quite put it down since. Every single page is pristine, the design is clean and the book is filled with simple yet elegant food photography. We quickly joked that if we (Jared, I mean) were to [...]

When Dan isn’t teaching us something about photography, Jared is teaching Dan something about cooking… and I just eat. What happens when the stars align and the rare of occurrence of special visitors combined with moments of culinary inspiration come to transpire?  Why, Jared’s fall menu, of course!  We were so excited to host our [...]

Last year, we failed miserably at maintaining a thriving rooftop garden.  We gave it the good old college try, even attempting to grow everything from seeds.  We have some idea as to why our zucchini, squash, and heirloom tomatoes never bore any fruit.  Perhaps it was the harsh winds coming from the lake.  Or we’d [...]

We very rarely get to leave the house together (without Baby Duck) these days, let alone go on a date.  But for our third anniversary we were lucky enough to have Mama Zhao happily agreeing to babysit for us while we celebrated (promising to return as quickly as possible!).  Seizing this rare opportunity, Jared booked [...]