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Posted in Cheap, Quick, Recipe, Vegetarian on Feb 28th, 2010
Here at Food Junta, we mention the Minimalist a fair amount. But in all my minimalist reading, I don’t think I’ve ever seen MBittz wax quite as poetic as he did over this ginger fried rice, adapted from his friend and cookbook collaborator (and majorly fancy pants chef) Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Rarely do I read a [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Raves, Recipe, Vegetarian on Feb 22nd, 2010
Don’t get me wrong, I love pancakes. But we can get sick of even our most beloved dishes from time to time, and after a few months of making pancakes nearly every weekend, I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus recently. But last night, I was reading Deborah Madison’s What We Eat When We [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Cheap, Philosophy, Quick, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Feb 17th, 2010
“We who approach our kitchens with ham-fisted dread must defy the Alexes of this world–those breezy souls who can reach into cupboards, rifle among the cereal boxes, and come back forty minutes later with a plate of Tunisian lambs’ jowls heightened with pomegranate seeds. Like seasoned gigolos, such people know only of success, repeated every [...]
Posted in Cheap, Recipe, Vegetarian on Feb 12th, 2010
I should say at the outset, by way of warning (or invitation), that “Georgian cheese bread” turns out to be about as ridiculously decadent as it sounds. More so, actually, because the dough for this particular variation, which has yogurt and a stick and a half of butter in place of yeast, is much closer [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Recipe, Tips, Vegan, Vegetarian on Feb 10th, 2010
Hummus: A Middle Eastern dip or spread made from mashed chickpeas. Delicious, cheap, and easy, typically purchased in supermarkets (a flaw that is to be remedied today). Most commonly spelled in Turkish as humus, though this spelling is to be avoided in English for fear of confusion.
Humus: The degraded organic material in soil, sometimes causing [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Raves, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian on Feb 8th, 2010
I was raving just last week about my new-found love of citrus . Last week it was lemons, this week it’s limes.
Specifically, lime juice and jalapenos made into a dressing for this awesome salad. It’s sharp and spicy and piquant enough to cut through the winter malaise from which I, for one, am definitely suffering.
Posted in Cheap, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Feb 5th, 2010
Let’s first make one thing clear: I’m a big fan of the vinegar pickle. I love the dilly bean and the pickled corn round and swear I would walk 500 miles (more, even) because I am a junkie for those grossly addictive Zuni café red onion pickles (yes, those pickles. The good news is there’s [...]
This semester, I am on campus for lunch two days a week. I know — a measly two days is nothing. You, dear reader, are probably at work for lunch five whole days a week. Well, all the better for you. Because I’ve had to start thinking about how to pack my lunch.
What did I [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Recipe, Vegetarian on Jan 20th, 2010
I’ve always considered lentils to be just about the most ascetic foodstuff on earth, and–cooked alone–they actually taste a lot like earth. They’re not an item that elicits a great deal of excitement from your average eater. When was the last time you heard someone say, “Every time I see lentils on a menu, I [...]
Posted in Cheap, Raves, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian on Jan 4th, 2010
And again, happy 2010 to you all! I hope your new year’s was everything you wanted it to be, and that this year is full of delights, culinary and otherwise.
One delight I’ll be making a lot more of in 2010 is these semi-homemade tortilla chips. I was going to write homemade, but then I realized [...]