Have you eaten at the very delicious Spring Cafe Aspen (in either Aspen or NYC)? Then you are going to LOVE my episode with Sabrina Rudin. I am so VERY excited for you to hear my conversation with Sabrina Rudin, founder & owner of Spring Cafe Aspen. I have been cooking Sabrina's delightful recipes since 2017 and they remain staples in my own kitchen.

Sabrina's refreshing and nourishing approach to feeding her family of 5 will make you want to get right back into the kitchen to cook. This is also a reminder to be thoughtful about what we are feeding our kids. I know that even as an adult I feel so much better when I'm eating a certain way. We discuss having kids and navigating social food challenges that are unavoidable as our children get older and more independent. This is the reminder that I needed to keep offering better choices when at home and hopefully the kids keep coming back for more:) It's all about balance!

Sabrina's story begins in NYC (ironically right above the location of Spring Cafe Aspen) and then her family moves to a farm in NY during her childhood and eventually Sabrina returns to NYC for school, at which point a fellowship for which she applied doesn't work out. She makes a deal with her parents to move to Aspen for a year to teach skiing and the rest is history as they say!

Spring Cafe Aspen is now 11 years in which I love to highlight because it was not an overnight success. There are 8 years between the first location in Aspen and the opening of a 2nd location in NYC and they weathered the covid storm...opening a restaurant right before the world shut! This story is so good. I hope you go and follow @springbysabrina @springcafeaspen

And if you're in NYC, pop in for a delicious smoothie, salad, soup and dessert. And if you're out west this season, visit their Aspen location. And most of all I hope you start making Sabrina's recipes in your own kitchen. Thai(ish) Red Curry bowl is on repeat in my house along with her crumble!