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Posted in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails, Quick, Recipe on Mar 15th, 2010
Lately, I have been having some trouble Running My Life. Between the fiction reading and writing, the poetry reading, the Marx and Nietzsche reading, the reading, reading, reading, things in my apartment have been a little Out of My Control. Enter Spring Break, and Spring Cleaning.
Oh, dear reader. I swept, I swiffered, I squirted down [...]
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, 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 Quick, Raves, Recipe, Tips, Vegan, Vegetarian on Feb 3rd, 2010
A few weeks ago I made a vinaigrette with lemon juice instead of vinegar and some maple syrup as a sweetener, and I immediately fell in love with the combination.
Apparently, I am not the only one: Just a week later, I found myself at Back Forty – a terrific joint – eating brussels sprouts with [...]
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 Quick, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Jan 12th, 2010
I told you last week that I was no longer going to feel any shame about cooking pasta just as often as I want. So for the second week in a row: A pasta dish!
And for all you fellow pasta-lovers out there, a charming website: http://www.ilovepasta.org/shapes.html. At least I found it charming, but sometimes my taste is [...]