• Impossible Burger

    Through friends of friends with connections, we obtained some Impossible "meat", which is not meat at all but a plant-based protein, which looks, cooks, and tastes much like beef. We've eaten

  • Fried Tofu in Spicy Peanut Sauce

    Last Saturday, I went a bit wild and cooked all the things. I made beet stem hummus, baba ganoush, berry cobbler, and noodles with vegetables and fried tofu in spicy peanut sauce. All before lunch. It

  • Things I Ate

    I haven't been very good in writing about food and cooking during most of this pregnancy. I guess I got out of the habit a bit during the first trimester

  • Sicilian Pistachio Pizza

    About a month ago, Paulus and I had lunch with some friends at a restaurant in La Jolla that we hadn't tried before. Their thing is Italian food and amazing ocean views. The restaurant had a number of

  • Cauliflower Steaks and Stuff

    On the weekend, I cooked something that required a recipe. I sat down and searched for ways to cook the cauliflower that we had in the fridge, I sifted through recipes and suggestions until I found

  • Fruit Ceviche (or Jicama Salad)

    A few years ago, we took a trip to Oaxaca in Mexico. As always, we hopped between hotels and AirBnBs, and found some magic places among them.       And obviously, we

  • Spinach Gnocchi

    Some weeks ago, one of my friends (who happens to be an excellent cook) sent me a gnocchi recipe to help me use up/increase intake of random leafy greens. I think she meant for me to use it to

  • Savory Five-Spice Butternut Crepes

    This post features a meal I made a couple of months ago, but it was good enough to warrant a share anyhow. As so many other of my favorite creations, this five-spice butternut crepe came about as a

  • Spicy Carrot Paste & Other Carotene Wonders

    I'm not entirely sure how it happened, but recently I found myself with a fridge full of carrots. Not that this wasn't a good thing, it was just unexpected. I happen to love carrots. In fact it's a