Cooking in Brooklyn

Here’s a bunch of random pics of the new house crowd!

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:39:00 -0500

our only squash we got

Our garden!

busy Conor

Lauden and Conor

Dwight, Jeff, Mirra and I on Halloween!

Here’s a bunch of random pics of the new house crowd!

Photo

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:27:00 -0500

Mirra made all the pies that Friday

Jeff, Alex and Mirra on Fri pie day!

Conor in the rain in back yard

my fam in the kitchen

On da job!

Tofu curry

Peach Hazelnut cake Lauden and I made

Mirra bird

Changed the name

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:17:00 -0500

Can’t really say this is an all macro house anymore. All kinds of ways of eating up in this house now. The point is, we all cook and eat delicious food! SO, for now I will call it Cooking in Brooklyn. Any Ideas?

Jane

A New Beginning, Another YEAR in Bushwick house!

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:37:00 -0500

SO, we have completley forgot about this blog and it coudn’t be more different here in the house so I will try get you all caught up.

SO where to begin, hmmm, well first things first, who lives here now. Juliet, Zara and Andrew all moved out months and months ago. There is a whole new cast to this house. Let me introduce them: CONOR BOALS was first, he took over Juliet’s room and don’t let him fool you, he knows all. Just like in Ionia Alaska, if you need to know something, “ask Conor” he is what they call a Preditor, producer/editer. 23 and already through grad school from Columbia. What else can we say about our great roomy… He has two gorgeous bikes and LOVES hip hop and gangster rap. He is from Michigan and there is Mirra, the next roomy who I’m about to introduce, is from Wisconsin. People from the mid west are the best, just totally sweet natured, lovely, honest, and stable people. We got two of them ;) yeyeah!

Up next is Mirra, MIRRA KOHLMOOS She is the coolest one of a kind, and the best at washing dishes and sweeping floors! Also she has madd skill at being unemployed. Maybe she learned that in my home community “Ionia” in Alaska where she lived for a year shortly before arriving here. She loves the city and all it has to offer but, like me, is SUCH a nature girl at heart. We have always been close and are even closer now that we share a room and pretty much do everything together! She loves dance. Salsa, capoeira, and tango. She can even teach beginner tango classes. She is a killer guitarist and thankfully, my music teacher! Her and I cook a lot together. Jeff her and I look forward to our weekly friday pie day. Last week it was beet pie and as I say punkin pie. My roomies love to make fun of that one. I know I know, it’s PUMPKIN but that’s how I remember saying it from when I was a kid and it stuck haha. Anyways, the beet pie was a real winner and an awesome creative idea of the one and only, Mirra Kohlmoos. She cut the beets real thin and it worked great. Pics to come.

Soon after Mirra’s arrival we acquired JEFF from Fort Myers FL. He is madd cool! He is tall and thin, has a pretty face, and is happy and humerus most days. AND, he can grow a hell of a beard. He was employed but than he wasn’t. He cooks a lot of delicious Vegetarian food and makes up his own recipes which is well, awesome!! We all cook dinners together a lot! As seems to be the trend in this house, he writes a lot, and went to Brown.

Next is SCHUYLER, a friend of Jeff’s who took over Andrew’s old mini room. He is from Vermont and grew up in what he calls a weird structured building that his parents and their friends built after dropping out of architecture school. SO he grew up in a weird awesome communal way sort of like us crazy Alaskans ;) Probably not like Ionia but still in a off the highway kind of way which I think is rad! He goes out of town a few days a week to work as an artist. He does sculture and draws I believe. He is so calm and has a joyful presence which is inviting and warm. And he does handy work around that house which is well, freaking sweet!

You all know JOHN and I, bro and sis from a family of 13 Eller kids and from an awesome crazy community in Alaska, aka Ionia! John is going to the New school full time for creative writing but still makes time to play guitar and sing with Mirra and I. He has found the love for cooking and eating food again! YAY! He use to say, food is just fuel. :( eewww yucky thing to say. To lose the art of food and cooking is a sad thing. Especially for us who came from a place where food was so focussed on and a big part of our lives, and still is. What an art food can be if you pay attention to it. I hurt my leg from a mix of capoeira and yoga funny enough. I think it is okay, but I have to chain myself to the bed to try and stay off it for a few weeks :( Before that happen, I was getting into shape again, playing a lot of capoeira and starting to do yoga again. I was assisting teaching kids capoeira which was really really fun! I will start all that up again once I’m all healed up. I play music a lot and teach Macrobiotic cooking classes for a greek family on the upper west side. That’s my life right now, music, cooking, capoeira and yoga. No relationships in my life which feels empowering honestly. I’ve never felt like that before. I don’t know why, I think it’s because I have never felt so strong and happy in my whole life! I love NYC!

Pics of the new house crew to come soon!

Jane,

Mirra wrote a few lines on here too.

A few randome shots.

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:11:00 -0400

Belly dancing with Z

Getting the back yard nice

party night

A few randome shots.

My little bro Lauden is here staying with us tell he get's se

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:37:00 -0400

It’s lovely to have him! He is cooking everday and every meal almost. We love him hah! He is the new addition and now we have 3 Ellers in the da house! He is here tell we go to Israel in June as a test run to see if he wants to move here full time. I personally think he does very well here I could see him revving the peddle and driving the energy to open up the NYC Macro. I hope he stays and if he’s lucky we will make room in our house for him ;)

the escape plan

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:08:20 -0500

the latest news? i am leaving. not for good. just for a couple weeks. flying away into the blue. i couple weeks to clear my head, celebrate my 24th, sit sea-side, contemplate the greatness of being bi-coastal.

dinner for 5

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:45:27 -0500

had an amazing dinner at candle 79 on the upper east side. you have got to check it out and whatever you do don’t miss out on the chili seitan and the connolis. omg.

Missing You Guys and Gals

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:43:39 -0500

My favorite Macrobiotic Tea isn’t technically a “tea” but hot Apple Cider Kuzu has been warming me up lately, while keeping off those cold symptoms that everyone I know seems to be experiencing right now… Things in the Philly scene have been great lately, (I personally miss a particular little Alaskan!) but all you guys need to come visit me as soon as you can.

Peace,

Garrett

afternoon naps

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:46:38 -0500

it’s the first quiet moment in the house we’ve had in a while. no music playing, no loud talking, no funny business. real quiet. i’d go ahead and assume we’ve all been tired out from a long weekend of social occasions and dinner parties (here of course). that and some of us have joined in the “no pants subway ride” and aren’t home. i will of course protect the anonymity of those select few.

i’ve been noticing the effects of the changing weather on our house. these afternoons when we are home are spent napping, and drinking shit loads of tea. you may ask: “what are the favorite winter teas of the macro house?” in answer to that question I would have to say: chai black (from the park slope coop), genmaicha, twining’s irish breakfast, and the endless kukicha kept hot in our big thermos.

yesterday andrew made our first sourdough loaves (we have been impatiently awaiting the readiness of the sourdough starter) and steamed one up and baked two. oh man. nothing like homemade bread. now all we need is some apple butter.

all to say: winter is a time for cat naps, bread baking, tea drinking and snugglin’.

there’s my two cents.

-juju bee

A typical morning on set: enough acidity to break my stomach!...

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:32:14 -0500

A typical morning on set: enough acidity to break my stomach! What is a girl to do?

Juliet

2011

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:45:00 -0500

Happy New Year!

(john, jane, juliet, anne, garrett, andrew, ally)

Had a great ringing in of the new year at the macro house. Delicious dinner, delicious people, delicious fun. And a rocking dance party in our living room (which is still very bare: anyone getting rid of a sofa?) At midnight we said our greatest wishes for the new year and bestowed kisses all around.

Happy Holidays to all from the Macro House peeps!

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:23:19 -0500

Happy Holidays to all from the Macro House peeps!

Ethics of a Macro Fridge

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:38:33 -0500

Eat first, ask questions later!

it's been a while since i checked in with the tumblr

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:49:00 -0500

had a talk today about the individual versus the group. how one can support or be againt the other. didn’t end so well.

here’s my take on it:

we are a house of individuals (duh). what we bring from our own experience is what makes the group. what i mean to say is that our baggage cannot be ignored. neither can our aspirations and hopes. they are all in the mix. so yeah, i am a performer. always have been. i am happiest front and center. i enjoy the sound of my own voice a little too much. but i am not only that. i am also an avid listener, a good friend (although if you asked a certain roommate of mine right now they might disagree), and have taken a real interest in community living. so what could i possibly bring to a group? dot dot dot

i am learning a lot from this group. andrew gave me the best talking to the other night. there’s no beating around the bush with that guy. john gave me a shoulder to cry on. and continually argues with me about conservation. jane is always a loving hilarious support. if there’s one person in this house that strives for true community i would say it’s her. zara taught me how to make the best miso soup on this planet. and she makes things real in a meeting like nobody’s business.

this is rambling. so i will sleep on it and get back to you when i have a point. goodnight moon.

-juliet

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond..."

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:33:33 -0500

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

- Marianne Williamson

People don't know how exciting, sexy, thrilling, powerful and how happy Salsa dancing can be!

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:25:00 -0500

Last night I got invited to Salsa International group christmas party. It started at a lounge they rented out and then moved to a salsa cruise fro a ride on the Hudson. It went from a one hour class to a 5 hour full on Salsa party where everyone dances with everyone. I danced for 6 hours with the nicest welcoming people you could meet. They all told me I was a natural and that I should join. I think I may have found a new addiction hehe! It was quite a scene dancing in a salsa circle where you are switching from guy to girl to guy to girl etc. Everyone was respecful and there purely, for the passion of dance. Everyone goes to class 1 to 7 days a week and then goes to salsa clubs after class. I have taken salsa before but it was never like this! I love NYC! Zara and I are going to check out a few groups and join one asap baby!! The boys seem to be interested too. Let’s see if I can get the whole house to join!

Jane

Hello NYC :) Need a Macrobiotic personal chef?

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:06:18 -0500

Looking for a part/full time chef job in the NYC area!

Jane

back to basics

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:04:54 -0500

it’s been about a week since i spent a day at home, or even a reasonable amount of hours. finally tonight i am home, in bed, candles lit, kukicha tea on my bedside table, wrapped in the warm pink robe i snatched from my mom. what an incredible relief to finally arrive home.

the buzz, (that incredible non stop noise that is new york city) is quiet here. all i hear is a very faint far away sound of some cars, just barely audible above the sound of my typing. faint murmurs downstairs of the family chatting. this town is amazing. it sucks you in, puts you in the spin cycle and spits you out looking like you haven’t slept in months. and you probably haven’t. every day i leave the house i find something new and exciting and enter into a fashionable world of wine drinkers, pot smokers and sex addicts. no joke. this world abounds with them and behind every closed door there are more waiting.

i live in two worlds: home, where every meal is prepared in a careful fashion, properly set out and eaten by the whole house with some modicum of gratefulness towards the cook. the other is the attention deficit disorder world that condones debauchery and orgiastic gluttony of every kind. i find myself at some times torn between the two: longing for the materialism that surrounds me in my every day work life, and yet finding peace in the quiet of my home life.

i have so many questions about this world. about my generation. about what is healthy, what makes sense. maybe a little less wine and i’ll get some answers. for now: good night.

-juliet

A few pics from our first week, and some of Thanksgiving pics..

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:19:00 -0500

When my bro's were here

Lilly surprised us for our first week

Chessnut pudding and Pumpkin pie

Playing Music on Thanksgiving

Raffy songs are the silliest

A few pics from our first week, and some of Thanksgiving pics..