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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 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 [...]
I am back in Minnesota, land of snow and ice, for my second semester of writer school. My first week back was a bit of a downer: all ice and no snow (and strangely balmy 40 degree temperatures). But now we’re back to the way I like it here during the winter, with a fresh [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Cheap, Raves, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Dec 16th, 2009
I know that during FJ’s history I’ve referred to many foods as “one of the world’s most perfect foods.” Latkes, though, are the world’s most perfect food, singular. I started writing this kind of as a joke, but with a second of thought I realize that I’m not really joking at all. Potatoes and onions, [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Raves, Recipe, Tips, Vegan, Vegetarian on Dec 14th, 2009
I love edamame, and my realization a few years ago that these sushi shop staples could be had at my local grocery store was very exciting for me (Is my life this dull?). In fact, bags of frozen edamame – shelled or unshelled – are so cheap that I realized how outrageous it is that [...]
Posted in Raves, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Dec 9th, 2009
Often times when I come across an appealing recipe online, I will bookmark it and then not do anything with it for several months until I’m combing back through looking for something to cook. But sometimes I see a recipe and need to cook it immediately.
I suppose it would be a funny upending of narrative [...]
Posted in Cheap, Raves, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Nov 17th, 2009
Risotto is a dish that is prime for experimentation, creation, individualization. Risotto? you say. How am I supposed to come up with my own risotto?! I must slavishly follow a recipe every time I make it, for risotto is a Complicated, Impressive Dish.
Not true. Not one little bit true. Risotto is impressive, yes, but it [...]