Now as you know, not every cooking experiment goes to plan, and not every recipe is a success. I recently tried this recipe from The New York Times for a tofu mushroom quiche, but alas, my tweaks did not turn out a runaway success. (Sometimes you win with your tweaks and sometimes you lose.) I […]
In case you couldn’t tell, I was pretty excited about making vegan mac and “cheese” a few weeks ago, so I did make the recipe a second time (using about 1.5 cups of soft tofu instead of the squash, which I didn’t have on hand). This time, I decided to divvy up my batches and […]
In case you haven’t already figured this out, I love food. I love cooking it and I love eat it. I’m always looking for ways to improve upon flavors and textures, so even though I’ve written about veggie burgers here, here, and here, I want to share with you a new iteration. This time, I […]
One of the tougher things about giving up dairy at home has been my love of cheese, but I’m determined to eat very little animal protein at home (and I’ve become more lactose intolerant over the years), so I’ve managed not to give in and buy any cheese. In many ways, I think it’s made […]
One of the tougher things about giving up dairy at home has been my love of cheese, but I’m determined to eat very little animal protein at home (and I’ve become more lactose intolerant over the years), so I’ve managed not to give in and buy any cheese. In many ways, I think it’s made […]
I always find it soothing to do a little cooking after a long, hard week. Here’s what I’ve been making: Cashew “Cheese” I’d gotten some goodies at Nuts.com, and I was excited to try out this recipe for cashew “cheese”. It’s not bad, but I think next time I will have to soak the cashews […]
On Sunday, I posted some photos of the cooking I was doing. Today, I want to tell you a little bit more about the carrot salad I made. The classic French carrot salad can be as simple as grating carrots and tossing them with a little lemon juice, sugar, and oil, but I’m rather partial […]
I love cooking, and I love photography—but sometimes I don’t have time to share my photos on the blog. I’m delving back into my photo back-log to bring you posts about things that happened long enough ago that I don’t remember the exact details. These are my approximate recollections. Back in the fall, my friend […]
I’ve been meaning to cook with the farro (an ancient variety of wheat-related grain) I bought a few weeks ago, so I decided to make a risotto-style dish with what I had lying around. Farro is pretty easy to prepare, and I find that with enough water to start, you don’t need to pre-soak it. […]
Back in May, I wrote about a Morrocan-inspired side-dish that I tried out. A dish of braised carrots using dried figs instead of raisins, it was really quite good served with rice, fish, and even beef. When I decided to revisit this recipe again, it was because I’d picked up some red carrots at the […]