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February 10, 2011

The Great Migration

Well if you’ve landed on this page today, then you are really special. Mostly because you know how to use your computer and Google and you’ve already discovered the new Sodium Girl site. But also because you are seeing some exciting back-end magic happening before your very eyes. If none of that made sense, let me translate: I’m upgrading my blog so that it has more exciting widgets and knick-knacks, which means more fun stuff for you and your keyboard. But as I am making the transition – and making it as smooth as salt-free peanut butter for all of […]

February 7, 2011

Love Your Heart Recipe Rally

Ah, love is officially in the air. Can’t you smell it? Chocolate, rose petals, lavender, maybe even the citrus sweetness of a slow-roasted, blood orange, pulled pork. Okay, maybe that last one only spells “love” to someone like me. But whatever olfactory essences speak soft, sweet nothings of amour to your nose, eyes, and ears, one thing is true when it comes to your mouth: you can taste love when it is poured into food. So I started thinking. February 14th is Valentines Day. February is also National Heart Health Month. And February welcomed the USDA’s newest dietary recommendations, which […]

January 28, 2011

Awesome Bucco and Awards

I think it’s safe to say that this week has left me feeling quite full. I’m full from a special olive oil tasting I had at Long Meadow Ranch and thrilled by a newfound appreciation for how a little drop of the “good” stuff can make a bite of citrus burst. I’m full from Wednesday night’s salt-free Mediterranean blogger dinner with Farm & a Frying Pan and Anne Pao (two ladies always up for a low sodium challenge), and my latest recipe for “awesome” bucco (modesty not included). And I’m full of that giddy, buzzy feeling that comes when you feel […]

January 14, 2011

Homework and Kimchi Pancakes

What you see before you is a bonito flaked Kimchi Pancake made by Namu at the SF Ferry Building Thursday street cart Farmers Market. And this, my salt-free friends, is a foursome of salty but succulent duck sliders from Tilth restaurant in Seattle. And if turf is not your thing, then behold! A crisp skate wing with frothy chorizo/clam broth from Redd in Napa will do the trick. Or maybe your taste buds want to travel and they’re ready to hop on a plane and try some real pad thai from a market in Thailand. Before you commit me to […]

January 7, 2011

Small Post, Big News

First, a confession: I recently realized that I am spending too much time in the kitchen when, just the other day, I turned on my broiler and as the oven read “high,” I actually said “hello” back. Yikes. But it turns out that the hours I’ve spent in front of my stove (and the resulting insanity) have not been for naught. In fact, they are really paying off. Because over the holidays, I not only received another notch on my birthday belt (hello, 28!), as well as some much needed massages (thank you, Mochi), but I also nabbed a book deal with […]

December 5, 2010

Four Days of Honeymoon and a Funeral

Eggs. They are a symbol of life, fragility, wisdom, even your brain on drugs. They represent great successes (like a delicately crafted poach) and challenging disasters (like a carton cracking in the back seat on the way home from the store). They represent the good, the bad, the everyday, and the unexpected. They are life in an egg shell. This whole last week has been about eggs, which is my simple explanation for why I haven’t been posting as frequently. First of all, I’ve been on my honeymoon. I had, and still have, full intention of writing while I am […]

November 8, 2010

Jess She Did

I was going to write about the virtues of cooking with beer. But that post will just have to wait. Because yesterday, my super friend Natalie ran her first marathon, raising an outstanding $10,000 for Lupus research. So yes, we can talk about hops another time. While this post doesn’t have much to do with low sodium food (other than perhaps the fact that Natalie had quite a large, cheesy pasta dinner the night before the race), it does have a lot to do with me (hello!) and the disease that led me to writing this blog (thank you very much). […]

October 18, 2010

Redefining Flavor

Pardon me as I step on my soapbox. Today, I am excited to announce my first, truly editorial piece on CivilEats.com which explores salt policy and the state of the American palate. You may be shocked to hear me say this, but here’s the truth: for most people, salt has a place in the kitchen. True, there is a large population of people who, for health reasons, must shake the shaker – myself included. Over 75 million Americans over the age of twenty are currently diagnosed with hypertension. For a great percentage of this group – as well as those who […]

October 4, 2010

Hot Off the Press

I found something quite exciting at Whole Foods last week and no, it wasn’t sodium-free macaroni and cheese. Instead, the surprise (and internal glee) came from the magazine rack – not the grocery store shelf – where I found the latest issue of Living Without Magazine which had…drumroll please…my article inside! Read ’em and eat. The point of this post, though, is not to call attention to my own words (although, I did just do that). But to use this moment of printed satisfaction to call attention to the other wonderful writers and web providers who are also turning “living […]

August 30, 2010

Going to the Chapel

Did you notice that a post was missing last Friday? I sure did and I guess it’s time for an explanation. For long-time readers, this will not come as a shock. But if you are new to the blog, well, you better sit down. Sodium Girl is getting married. Hitched. Tied down. Wed to a wonderful man who wooed me with a home-cooked and salt-free meal of bok choy, chicken thigh, and sesame oil on our first date almost three and a half years ago. And now, as the journey down the aisle seems to be getting closer and closer, […]

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