I am home in sunny Southern California for the holidays, where I am being spoiled by my mom’s good eats, reading/napping while sprawled out on the couch, and moonlighting as a college admissions counselor for my sister. I’ve been eating like the world is ending, of course. I also somehow miscounted the days I’d be […]
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Seared Broccoli Soup
I was just discussing with a friend over lunch (for which I had, all fried: brussels sprouts, potatoes, egg, sweet potato) today how flawless brassicas become when, well, fried. Or roasted but in so much oil it’s kinda like frying, or is that not how other people “roast” their vegetables. But, seriously, […]
Chickpea chickpeople
Potluck party! The best, for me, because I get to socialize but I don’t have to leave my apartment, and there’s food involved. Also I can still sleep by 10pm. Also, food. Most recently, I threw a vaguely Mediterranean potluck party, that included flat little falafels, roasted beets (magenta poops are still funny to me), […]
Salt & Vinegar Potatoes
Don’t let me near a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips, because I will eat the whole bag, even if my mouth is kind of burning from the acid and maybe cut from eating too fast by the end. Hey, I never pretended to have any restraint. As much as I like eating a […]
Craftsman and Wolves & the Rebel Within
In San Francisco, I broadly categorized cafes into two categories. In the first, everything is clean lines (including the pastries), the tables and walls are immaculate, and everybody has a Macbook. In the second, everything is in piles (mm pastry pile) the furniture is mismatched, and everybody still has a Macbook. Usually, I prefer the […]