Posted in Appetizers/Sides, Entrees, Pasta, Recipes, Salad, Vegetarian on 10. Mar, 2010
During the week’s first bout of sunshine, I went a little overboard shopping for fresh produce. The colors! The textures! Everything was just so fresh and bright. Have you ever seen Supermarket Sweep? That game show from the ’90s where contestants ran through the grocery store filling their carts with everything they could grab? It [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Sides, Entrees, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian on 15. Feb, 2010
Behold, the Kumato. I was skeptical, but curious, when I first laid eyes on these brownish-green fruits. Apparently, Kumatos come from an old strand of wild tomatoes. The pull, besides the funky color, is that it is edible at all stages of the ripening process. Depending on the light, they looked purple, then green, then [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Sides, Entrees, Gluten Free, Recipes, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian on 13. Feb, 2010
We all know we should eat more salads. The health benefits – like the boost of vitamins, fiber and folic acid – are enticing and it should be common sense to have a salad a day. But somehow it just rarely occurs to me. I want something more substantial. But this salad is my absolutely [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Sides, Recipes, Vegetarian on 10. Feb, 2010
One of the greatest things I miss about England (besides, you know, everything) is the routine surrounding my local food market. During that too-brief dream, I walked everywhere, averaging 9 km a day during the school week. When it was time to replenish our supplies, my flatmate and I would grab our little reusable totes [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Sides, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian on 28. Dec, 2009
Stuffing – can you name a more boring food? Its sole purpose, I believed, was to add bulk and perhaps a bit of flavor to other foods. You cram it inside turkeys. It sits unwanted, a bowl full of congealing carbs, on the holiday table. At best, the bready morsels are seasoned and laced with [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Sides, Bread, Breakfast, Recipes on 01. Dec, 2009
I am really really really really really really really really really really sorry, but since I’m in the midst of graduate school and internship preparations and studying for exams in two weeks…I just don’t have time for an extended update. It’s all one step after another on my quest for continuing education. I’m going to have so many degrees, people will walk down the street [...]
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