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Posted in Raves, Vegetarian on Sep 8th, 2010
In the span of one week, it has gone from almost unbearably hot and humid here in Minneapolis to shockingly breezy and brisk. Sleeping with windows open, ceiling fan whirring, covers thrown off has become windows closed, comforter tucked to chin. Ice coffee has become hot coffee; breakfast has gone from avocado mashed on toast [...]
Posted in Cheap, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Aug 16th, 2010
I am a hoarder. Or, to use a more endearing term, a pack rat. Living in Minneapolis (ie with lots of space and a kitchen all to my own) has only encouraged this habit. All I can say is, if the Apocalypse (or a really big snow storm) comes, I’ve got plenty of sugar and [...]
Posted in Quick, Raves, Recipe, Vegetarian on Aug 2nd, 2010
Why is summer so great? Days spent lounging by the lake, long bike rides, fish tacos, homemade strawberry jam. All true. And you know what else? Everything just tastes so good! And it is now, I think, in these dog days of summer when everything starts tasting best. Juiciest, freshest, ripest. And so it is [...]
Posted in Recipe on Jul 30th, 2010
I told Kevin I’d write an “herb inspiration” about arroz con pollo. Then came a New York City heatwave and I said no way in hell/July am I browning chicken and stirring broth one spoonful at a time into steaming rice over the stove in my sweaty box of an apartment. So I’m going in [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian on Jul 6th, 2010
As I sat down to write this post, I had a little smidgen of this left in the pot. As I write this sentence, that little smidgen has now been consumed. That is how good this combination is, that the mere thought of it necessitated the need for more. This dish couldn’t be simpler: three [...]
Posted in Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on Oct 7th, 2009
Extra garlic + extra cheese = extra love + extra happiness. This is a pretty simple equation. The cheese variable may have its limits (I think the 2 1/2 pounds of mozzarella used in this recipe comes pretty close), but as much garlic as you can stand to peel and mince will probably always do [...]
Posted in Cheap, Philosophy, Quick, Raves, Recipe, Vegetarian on Sep 9th, 2009
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Posted in Breakfast, Cheap, Philosophy, Quick, Recipe, Vegetarian on Jun 2nd, 2009
There are certain packaged foods that are simply the Platonic ideal of their kind, never to be bested by homemade versions: Oreos, Heinz ketchup, and Coca-Cola being my top three. Is the taste of these foodstuffs so perfectly irreplaceable because they are actually perfectly formulated? Or is it just that we are so used to [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Recipe, Vegetarian on Oct 3rd, 2008
(This post appears courtesy of The Yale Sustainable Food Project, and it also appears on their blog.) The basil is sagging. It’s making small purple flowers on top in a desperate attempt to reproduce before the end. It is going to die, and I am going to kill it. For most of the summer, I [...]
Posted in Recipe on Aug 24th, 2008
I love potato salad, but not that gross, mayonnaise-laden stuff that typically passes for potato salad around these parts (the U.S. being these parts). Sometimes that mayonnaise-y stuff can be really good, but more often than not, it’s basically disgusting. Tastes disgusting, looks disgusting, IS disgusting, as Coolio might say. Enter in the vinegar-based potato [...]