Returning food to the sacred
I tend to live in tropical weather for the majority of each year. Sometimes it doesn’t seem like there are seasonal changes at all, but in truth there is always a specific vibe in the air when Summer starts to roll around. I find myself eating more salads and craving cooler foods. As a result, […]
I’ve juiced extensively in the past and on and off for the last 20 years. I love juices that are more vegetable than fruit as the sugar bomb fruit juices can be, hit me way to hard and don’t leave me feeling good or energized. But as far as taking in a boost of concentrated […]
This is a cold weather comfort dish I love to make and created when I was down to VERY little at home and was too cold here in the mountains to go out and buy more food. Mind you, that too cold for me constitutes 55 degrees outside, but this particular week it was […]
Another salsa I made for the Blooming Table event that I hosted a week ago; Tapanade Salsa. This is really an ode to one of my favorite fruits ever… the olive. Anyone that knows me… knows the obsession. This salsa packs a strong flavor and goes excellently with the cool crispness of a slice of jicama. If you […]
I hosted a Blooming Table gathering last week and served a variety of different Mexican inspired salsas with thick corn chips and slices of jicama to eat them with. I’ll post a few recipes over the next couple of weeks, starting with this one. But I have to say, I’m loving this idea of a […]
I love broccoli and I love dishes I can whip together from memory even more. This is recipe is easy, delicious and nutritious. I last made it for a Thanksgiving meal in May. Yes, Thanksgiving in May. It was put together for a photoshoot and it withstood cooking it hours ahead of time and being […]
Come on… did you really think I’d spend months on end in Thailand and NOT discuss this elixir of indulgence and bliss? Anyone of us who has ever either been to Thailand or a Thai restaurant has had the divine and potentially diabetic coma inducing Thai Ice Tea, yes? I don’t know what to tell […]
Before coming to Thailand together, Jon had been here twice. Both times he’d come back to me raving about his favorite morning market food, something he described to me as Idli – like, as it was my only frame of reference. (Idli is an East Indian round fluffy steamed rice cake of sorts that is […]
I had a hard day the other day. One of those days when I’m hurt, feeling a little less than usual, unseen and like there was a scarcity to joy in general. Oh yea… it was ugly. I couldn’t really shake it. My state was one of those things that you just have to let […]
