Last Christmas, my mother and I made an apple cinnamon cake recipe from the Baby Cakes cookbook. That’s a really outstanding source of recipes for wheat and dairy free baking, for those of you who need that kind of thing. I cannot eat gluten, which is a particularly annoying for someone who likes to bake…
Spicy Broiled Shrimp (my dad’s favourite)
When I was in high-school my mother worked at Walden Books. She would buy me books from the sale table with her discount. She was very attuned to my interests so she brought home big coffee table art books and cook books. One of these was a giant British volume on Asian cookery. I was…
Fancy Salad for a Rugged Situation (Greens with Roasted Figs, Asparagus, Mint and Manchego)
Last week I was building puppets outside in Fort Worth Texas in over 100 degree weather. We do a big food shop at the beginning of the project to stretch our per diem and allow for eating mexican food and margaritas at Benito’s once the show is up and running. We are not as frugal…
Ride Your Bike to Coney Island Salad
The salad was inspired by one that I ate at Diner in Williamsburg one early afternoon while rather hung over. It made me feel better. I started making it a lot. One morning, Silvi and I ate this salad for breakfast once and then rode our bike’s from Queens to Coney Island. For those…
4 Reasons to make home-made mayonnaise
It helps to have multiple reasons to make home-made mayonnaise. It should really be eaten within day or two of being made since it is made with raw egg but it is impossible to make a small amount since you have to add enough oil to make it thick. It’s a drag to throw…
Macaroni and Cheese
I went through a macaroni and cheese phase when I was in Junior high. I ate a lot of kraft macaroni and cheese with bottled tomato sauce (very classy). I have been going through another macaroni and cheese phase. When I have small amounts of yummy things leftover I throw them into a macaroni and…
Quinoa-Amaranth Sushi
This is a recipe for sushi without rice. I grew up in Vancouver eating sushi my whole life. I think this is the sushi capitol of North America (the California roll was invented here by Tojo- Hello!). This recipe came about last year when I was cooking with amaranth for the first time. (Amaranth is…
Yam Fries with Miso Gravy
Sometime earlier this year, for a month, I ate this every day. It is ridiculously easy, addictive, and will make you fat & happy if you eat it as much as I did (BUAHAHA). Ingredients: Yam or Sweet Potato (or potato if you wanna go that route) – cut like french fries. A dab of…
Salad for a Heat Wave
It been over 90 degrees 6 out of 7 days a week for a month and a half here in NYC. Sometimes watermelon is the only thing that I feel like eating. WATERMELON SALAD WITH MINT As much watermelon as you and your friends can consume in one sitting, cubed feta cheese minced fresh mint…
Dinner July 31st, 2010
This is actually a dinner that I have made a lot this summer because it is cheap and I can get all of these ingredients in my neighborhood. I made it for 40 puppeteers during the Toy Theater Festival and then decided that I wanted to eat it all the time. CHIPOTLE BLACK BEANS a…
Big Sis Little Dish 