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About Me

Welcome to Kitchen Conundrum. I’m Renee and I am happy you stopped by.

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I grew up around food and I find that no matter what I have done in my life, I always gravitate towards the kitchen. My favorite way to spend the weekend is in the kitchen with my husband and kids creating an elaborate meal. It may take the entire day to prepare and only a few minutes to eat, but it’s the journey and the spending time with the people I love that is paramount to me. Food is truly love made visible.

One of my favorite pastimes is to try cuisines from far away lands.  Perhaps it is a way to satiate my never ending wanderlust. I am not always successful in fulfilling my traveling desire but I do try to wander as much as I can. Here at home, I can be found seeking out exotic ingredients, cooking techniques and recipes from distant places.  It is not uncommon for me to travel to the outer reaches around NYC to seek out just the perfect ingredient or table setting to match the feel of the cuisine we are having for dinner on any given weekend. Of course, here in NYC, we are also surrounded with cuisines from all around the world. So if I am not able to cook, I can certainly eat out!

Over the years, I have amassed quite a collection of cookbooks, food writing commentaries and food memoirs. I read them from cover to cover, like novels. I intentionally seek out books with beautiful photographs and memorable stories. I sincerely enjoy reading the stories surrounding the food itself, their authors and their motivations for bringing their recipes to life. It is true, I am a cookbook junkie. When in doubt of a gift for me, buy me a cookbook. My Amazon list is a few pages long! I also love good chocolate. But who doesn’t?

This site is meant to share some of my favorite recipes, cookbook reviews, products I love and places I travel.  I do the writing, but my blog partner and husband, Ari, also helps out and makes some guest appearances every now and again.  He is a trained chef, and his knife skills are much better than mine, so he doesn’t mind being my Sous chef/prep help from time to time. 🙂 Truthfully, he often takes the lead in the kitchen on some of the meals we create while I direct. And the kids, well, they are a huge help too. I’ve got them in the kitchen on occasion as well. It’s definitely a family affair.

Here at Kitchen Conundrum, I really want you to be a part of my little spot in the blogosphere so feel free to contact me at editors@kitchenconundrum.com. If you have content you would like to submit, suggestions or just want to say hi, please drop me a note.

You can also reach me at

renee@kitchenconundrum.com

HAPPY COOKING!

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Breakfast buddies. I love when he crunches toast. Breakfast buddies. I love when he crunches toast. #sharing #labradoodle #lovemydog #notofficiallyonthebed
It’s been ages since I’ve posted here. Well, a It’s been ages since I’ve posted here. Well, a month, lol. Thats a while! We made it through the holidays and we are into the new year. And while we are still cooking a lot, most of my big concoctions lately have been outside the kitchen and in the soap/candle studio. Here I am mixing scents, clays and mica colorants. Lots of new products coming to @lesilobleu soon. 
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Traditional Sunday Roast with Yorkshire Puddings a Traditional Sunday Roast with Yorkshire Puddings and roasties. Even though it wasn’t Sunday. A favorite. 
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Wishing everyone a safe, healthy and very Merry Ch Wishing everyone a safe, healthy and very Merry Christmas! From all of us to all of you!
A little confiture with our biscuits this morning. A little confiture with our biscuits this morning. Fun flavors with pretty packaging. It’s a bit too sweet for me but I do like the pretty presentation. 
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#jam #preserves #confiture #confitureparisienne #framboise #macaron #biscuits
Chicken Piccata for dinner. Love, love, love the l Chicken Piccata for dinner. Love, love, love the lemony white wine and caper sauce. A favorite! #dinner #chicken #lemon #yum
Fried chicken and waffles for dinner. With a maple Fried chicken and waffles for dinner. With a maple sriracha syrup. #dinner #eat #friedchicken #waffle #chickenandwaffles #yum
Leftovers! The best thing for lunch the next day- Leftovers!  The best thing for lunch the next day- Thanksgiving dinner on a roll. #thanksgiving #leftovers #thanksgivingdinneronaroll #yum #thebest
We are full of food and love today! So grateful fo We are full of food and love today! So grateful for the family around our table. #love #gratitude #thanksgiving #family
Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are so grateful for each and every one of you! However you spend your day, may it be filled with love and deliciousness! 
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So many blooms from our roses … still!!! It’s So many blooms from our roses … still!!! It’s November! I’m capturing them and will dry the petals for soap and bath salts. #roses #latebloomer #davidaustinroses #loveroses
Margez, falafel and hummus with some gyro and roas Margez, falafel and hummus with some gyro and roasted carrots for dinner. Quick and easy for a Wednesday that should have been a Thursday. #dinner #whatdayisit #sotired
We have Dahlias. They are coming in now! How did t We have Dahlias. They are coming in now! How did this happen? We didn’t think the bulbs worked but here they are and they are beautiful! #flowers #flowergarden #dahlia #latebloom
Braised short ribs with polenta. Sunday dinner is Braised short ribs with polenta. Sunday dinner is served. #polenta #shortribs #dinner #delicious
We are still getting tomatoes! So many each day. I We are still getting tomatoes! So many each day. I may have put in a few too many plants this year. #latesummer #fallharvest #tomatoes #growyourownfood #backyardgarden #vegetables
Tomatoes and herbs from the garden. #growyourownfo Tomatoes and herbs from the garden. #growyourownfood #backyardgarden #tomatoes
Today’s harvest. Just a few carrots to go with a Today’s harvest. Just a few carrots to go with all the tomatoes we keep getting!!! #summergarden #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #vegetables
It’s been way too many years since I’ve been t It’s been way too many years since I’ve been to @teaandsympathynyc  We went today for lunch and it was as wonderful as it always has been. Proper sausage rolls, fish and chips and their amazing sticky toffee pudding in custard. We even stopped in next-door for Crunchies. I need to go back and have afternoon tea again. #teaandsympathy #nyc #oldschool #westvillagenyc #westvillage #memories #england #englishtea #english #uk
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