Chia seeds are weird. If you add nut milk to them and let them sit overnight, they make an amazing pudding that is a little bit like tapioca. They have almost no flavour, so you can add extracts or seasonings to make any kind of pudding that you fancy. They are supposed to be really,…
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Crab Apples Pickled in Sherry Vinegar and Five Spice Powder
My Estonian grandmother planted a fruit tree for each of her grandchildren when they were born. Mine was the crab apple tree. When I was about seven years old, I asked my grandmother why my tree was the one with fruit that was so hard and sour. She told me that the crab apple tree…
Broiled Eggplant with Miso Honey Glaze
I ate this dish way, way too often in college. Eggplant is the mainstay food of reluctant vegetarians, because it is really very meaty and absorbs fat and seasoning well. I have taken a LOOOOOOOONG break and I am happy to report that this eggplant dish is still ridiculously easy to make and delicious even…
Red Pepper Soup
Back in January, at my favourite school, I ran into the science teacher in the hallway. She had a HUGE box of red peppers. It was about half empty. She also had a big mixing bowl of already chopped red peppers. She had been making chili with her students for science class and was trying…
Salmorejo- Andalusian Gazpacho (gluten-free or not)
A few years back, I travelled to Seville, Spain with my friend and artistic collaborator Rima Fand. We were doing research for a puppet/music piece that we made together. We will be performing that piece again Febuary 13- March 3, and it has been making me think about our research trip. I took a crazy…
Blueberry Slump with Hazelnut Ricotta Dumplings (Gluten-Free or not)
Soon I will be going to British Columbia to visit my sister and mother. I am looking forward to picking blackberries, eating salmon and making this desert for my family. It makes good use of some very classic BC ingredients. Both blueberries and hazelnuts both grow happily in the pacific northwest. The dumplings were adapted…
A Cooling Salad with Radish, Fennel, Celery and Hazelnuts
I started eating this salad a few months ago and I have not been able to stop. It is a terrific spring time salad because it uses all the brave and tough little vegetable that you can find at the end of winter. I have continued to enjoy it as a summer salad also,…
Broiled Stone Fruit
I have been buying a lot of nectarines and apricots lately. I love the smell of nectarines and apricots remind me of all kinds of delicious summer deserts that my Aunty Mona used to make with the fruit from her trees. I would buy peaches too, but the ones that I can get in NYC…
Cold Cucumber Soup with Dill and Sesame
When I was little and I would go to stay with my biological father for the weekend, he would always give a long English cucumber. I was responsible for not loosing my cucumber or getting it too dirty to eat and also for feeding myself when I got hungry. It was a pretty ingenious idea…
Shrimp in Aromatic Tomato Sauce
This simple, delicious dish requires curry leaves. You can find them fresh in Indian grocery stores (buy a bunch and freeze them for later!). You can also order dry curry leaves here. I used to have a curry tree and you can find the whole sad story of its demise in the Curried Avacado post. Once…
Big Sis Little Dish 