Alice Levitt

3 weeks ago | simplyrecipes.com | Alice Levitt

Simply Recipes / Getty ImagesRao's Homemade Creamy Marinara and Lemon Parmesan SaucesAvailability: Currently available online and at select Whole Foods stores; rolling out at stores nationwideWhy I Love It: Rao's sauces are even better than homemade. The new Creamy Marinara uses mascarpone for a rich finish, and the Lemon Parmesan promises to be bright and tangy, perfect for summer meals. I’ve always been the kind of home cook who swore by making my own marinara sauce.

1 month ago | houston.innovationmap.com | Alice Levitt

A Houston cell therapy company has dosed its first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial. March Biosciences is testing the efficacy of MB-105, a CD5-targeted CAR-T cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory CD5-positive T-cell lymphoma. Last year, InnovationMap reported that March Biosciences had closed its series A with a $28.4 million raise.

1 month ago | eatingwell.com | Alice Levitt

The moment I could afford to hire a house cleaner, I did it. Wonderful Eugenia came to my apartment for two hours, once a month, which was plenty for a single restaurant critic like me who wasn't home much and rarely had the opportunity to make my own meals. But when I married my husband and went freelance, things changed. His mother had worked as a cleaner and raised him to clean the house every day.

1 month ago | allrecipes.com | Alice Levitt

“Links or patties?” It’s the eternal diner breakfast question, just as burning as “sausage or bacon?” Sausage, with its more substantial build, is the easy answer for true trenchermen, but choosing whether you want them encased or flattened can prove to be a more difficult decision. Even more complex: deciding on which sausage brand to buy. The question became an obsession for me around Christmas.

1 month ago | simplyrecipes.com | Alice Levitt

Simply Recipes / Patel Bros I often joke that I had to leave Vermont a decade ago because of its lack of bulgogi. But it’s just as accurate to say that I needed an Indian grocery in my life. In Houston, I found exactly that when I started shopping at Patel Brothers in the city’s Mahatma Gandhi District. The Indian supermarket, which now has more than 50 locations around the United States, boasts everything I need to eat the Indian food that I love at home.