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Posted in Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian on Aug 6th, 2010
Ed. note: See more of Joanna’s cooking — and gorgeous food photography — on her blog, Jojo’s Kitchen. Sometimes putting together a meal from whatever scraps you have left in the cupboard and fridge yields ho-hum results. Other times, magic happens. I’ll be so bold as to say that this dish falls into the latter [...]
In addition to the great guest posts he does for Food Junta, Chris is a music journalist, writer, photographer, and Rolling Stone Intern. You can read his music writing over at The Stu Reid Experiment or keep up with all his escapades by following him on Twitter. A good friend of mine recently made the [...]
Posted in Recipe on Mar 19th, 2010
Since my last post, I’ve made a few more foodie friends in Spain, and no longer spend all my time cooking for one. We recently instituted a cooking class with one friend’s Spanish roommate/excellent cook, “Cooking Con Carlos.” We’re going to learn all the Spanish greatest hits (at least, all the hits that don’t require [...]
Posted in Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian on Mar 3rd, 2010
Here on Food Junta, Claire and I regularly profess our love for soup. Soup is a hearty, satisfying, soul-soothing dish, but the real reason that Claire and I and other home cooks love soup so much is because it is so $@&$& easy to make. Saute onions and/or garlic, add vegetables and/or meat, add water [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Cheap, Quick, Raves, Recipe, Vegetarian on Aug 27th, 2009
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Gnocchi. Gnocchi who? Gnocchi your socks off! Monday, you got topless women. Wednesday, you got the recipe Martha considers the best she’s ever made. Today, you get knock-knock jokes. TGIF, right? I, for one, think knock-knock jokes are pretty exciting. Particularly when they concern gnocchi, otherwise known as the formerly unattainable [...]
Sometimes, you just get a craving for something. Now usually cravings are for a taste that you recognize, something that you’ve had before, often that is produced by your local pizza or pommes frites restaurant. Other times, the craving is not so simple. I had just such a complex craving, beginning two days ago. I [...]
Posted in Quick, Recipe, Tips, Vegetarian on May 23rd, 2008
Ok, maybe not that glorious, but I’ll take what I can get. Food Junta has just secured our first honor for the narrative recipe I submitted to a contest on Marx Foods, a gourmet ingredient purveyor. While I didn’t win the contest (or the two pounds of fresh morels that were first prize), I was [...]
Posted in Quick, Vegetarian on Feb 19th, 2008
One of the major passions I think everyone at Food Junta shares beyond just food is a focus on sustainability, and on buying locally. I suspect that the idea of going to a farmers’ market is intimidating to a lot of people, especially aspiring chefs our age; the uninitiated often expect the produce to be [...]
Posted in Recipe on Feb 10th, 2008
As much as I love risotto (rice+butter+cheese? I’m there), I really don’t think all flavors of risotto are created equal. Asparagus risotto can be a nice change in the spring, and butternut squash risotto has its place, but nothing can really beat the woodsiness of mushrooms for flavoring such a hearty, bone-sticking dish. A lot [...]