Philly Food Adventures

Wow, what an outpouring of love I have received since going "public." I had no idea what to expect and was so nervous to finally press the publish button. All of your words will help me keep my spirits up through the next stages of treatment. It also got me jazzed to post this follow up I had been ruminating over. Probably since she could speak, my little sister would call me controlling. She wasn't wrong. I can admit that I like to feel in control. Cancer takes that away fro

Here we go. I wouldn't call myself a private person. I write about what I eat, I tweet about crazy things my mom says or what beers I'm drinking, I post pictures with my friends on Facebook, I Snapchat everything. But I've never shared anything like this. In today's public world, it's pretty easy to notice when someone has made any life changes- especially physically. So at some point soon you might notice a shiny new set of cans on me and wonder where they came from. And

Happy 2017! Post on where I've been coming soon... but for now, a brief meaty recap. As a gradho resident, Bistro SouthEast, the Asian fusion (mostly, Thai, Viet, and seafood) is a semi regular stop for me. Having written about the lemongrass pork belly banh mi, the dinner version of this protein over vermicelli and some veggies is great- but I do prefer the sandwich. I am a sandwich person, no denying that. A new item to the menu - curry thai meatballs was a hit (though I st