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One moment they're still looking like little runt wieners in ruffled yellow skirts, yet as soon as the clouds give way to the sun, the fields are suddenly littered as if it rained baseball bats. This is my second year of signing up for a local CSA share, if you're still new around here, hop… Continue reading Zucchini Don’t Say Hi
"Definitions look good only in ink on paper, for midterms, thus implicitly are useless for life in general." These days, between fires in a barrage of assignments, midterms, and projects I've been burying myself (and possibly my responsibilities) beneath a commendable mound of food literature and documentaries, two of which include Anthony Bourdain's Layover on Netflix,… Continue reading The Bottom Line
"How dare I tamper with a recipe that literally breaks every Masterchef contender and elevates all Italian nonnas to culinary sainthood?" This recipe is one of my weekday staples for one major reason - it takes only 5 minutes which coincidentally happens to be what you need to poach your eggs… Continue reading Green Eggs and Ham
Spring knocks on my door I open the fridge and see labneh and sourdough. No toaster oven guess electric coils will do pray it doesn't burn. Perhaps olive oil leftover bunch of limp mint from last night's cocktail Edamame peas though I wish I had favas can't ask for too much … Continue reading Edamame and Mint Tartines
I enjoy reading The Economist during dinnertime, a source of convenient insight and quick information that I generally trust to have some level of class and be reasonably unbiased. In the rare cases where opinion is wheeled onto center stage on a trolley, it would be clearly labelled “THIS IS AN OPINION. NOT FACT”, so… Continue reading Does ice cream make kids smarter?
It's been a while since I last posted, so forgive me if my words seem a little rusty. And no, I haven't forgotten the whole debate thing, but when I have a recipe that really excites me, I don't want any distraction - I just want to get it on the table. As many… Continue reading Equal and Distinct
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