Let’s be honest. In most other countries, breakfast does not consist of either a pile of sugary carbs (pancakes, cereal, etc.) or a pile of cholesterol-laden protein (bacon, eggs, etc.). In most other countries, breakfast doesn’t really look all that different from lunch or dinner. I love that in Vietnam, you can get a bowl […]
For my birthday, my mom got me a soy milk machine (specifically the SoyaPower Plus), which might seem like an odd present, but for someone like me who grew up on fresh soy milk–a far cry from even the stuff you find in the cold cases in the grocery store–it was a great idea. In […]
I’m a big fan of carrot cake, zucchini bread, and other quick-bread recipes that benefit from some vegetable content. Even though these tend to be sweet, they seem to have the halo of alleged healthiness around them. The New York Times recently featured a recipe for Carrot Cake Muffins, a healthy barely-sweet option for breakfast. […]
From my personal recipe archives. My recipe for coffee-flavored coffee cake (adapted from a classic streusel coffee cake recipe): I chose this recipe to adapt a few months ago because (a) D likes streusel and the cake was for him, so there you go, (b) a coffee cake should really be made with sour cream […]