FIND SOMETHING YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND KEEP TREMENDOUSLY INTERESTED IN IT -JULIA CHILD
After 5 years in the Midwest, I’m very excited to become a West Coaster again! All of my coastal friends and family think of Cincinnati as flyover country (as did I, before I moved here) but I have truly enjoyed experiencing this city as it …
So I’m not ACTUALLY trying to give everyone around me diabetes. My previous ICU month turned into a downward spiral of eating sugary sweets hourly and never working out due to extremely long hours during the influenza season. I started my last ICU month bound …
Berry season is back!! I was nomming on some delicious blueberries and dreaming of this Blueberry-chia seed jam I made last summer from Bon Appetit. Kevin’s parents got me a subscription as a gift a while back and we have had so much fun trying …
Kev is FINALLY home from his 6 week – Around the world extravaganza and the last week has been filled with long ICU days followed by figuring out logistics of a cross-country move while working in the ED. The good news is that we now …
Cake for breakfast? Yes, please. I need to spend the next several weeks choosing recipes focused on using up ingredients that I have stockpiled. We learned the hard way that baking chocolate doesn’t travel well when my med school roommate accidentally took a box of …
No joke, this cake was the basis of my personal statement for my residency application. It was a choice I knew would be somewhat polarizing among the radiation oncology audience, but it was very well received from those that interviewed me. I used to attend …
Today was my last day of medicine on the general wards! I chose to do a preliminary medicine year instead of a transitional medicine year because I wanted to take the opportunity to learn as much general medicine as possible before becoming extremely sub-specialized in …
I’m back on nights, and I hate working nights. That being said, I tend to do better with cleaning, cooking, and working out while I’m on nights. I’ve read a lot of recommendations for maintaining healthy habits on nights, but it’s easier said than done. …
I love brownies. They’ve been my favorite dessert since the receptions following my 1st grade violin recitals. I tend towards fudgy brownies rather than more cakey versions, and this recipe has already become a repeat-offender in my kitchen. There was a long period of time …
Back in April, I was coasting through an anesthesia rotation after I’d already matched into my Residency, and decided to take on a (seriously time consuming) project for my best friend’s Bachelorette in Palm Springs, CA. As a co-MOH, I had put my type-A planning …