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Menu du jour vegetable centric : 8 Recipes


  • Recipe Beet It!
    Beet It!
    A few weeks ago, my friend Jill, a wonderful (non-blogging!) cheerleader of my food experiments, sent me an message raving about a lovely beet appetizer she had. She described the dish in detail, recalling the flavors she detected, and challenged[...]
  • Recipe I Smell A Rat-A-Touille!
    I Smell A Rat-A-Touille!
    “Summer has come and passed/ The innocent can never last/ Wake me up when September ends”- Green Day Sometimes I think the Southern Cali in me will never get used to the changing of seasons in the Northeast. If I could, I think I would[...]
  • Recipe Lasagna of Love ? How It All Began
    Lasagna of Love ? How It All Began
    This is a story of new beginnings, unexpected surprises in life, and the power of love. As I write this blog post, I am sitting in our newly purchased apartment – a West Village loft that is cozy, majestic and perfect in every way (at least[...]
  • Recipe How Sweet It Is Sweet Potato Lasagne
    How Sweet It Is Sweet Potato Lasagne
    When I was a child, I loved to listen to my grandmother tell me magical stories of historical Taiwan.  As she cooked my favorite breakfast meal – sweet potato congee  - she would recall the days during the Japanese Occupation, when food was[...]
  • Recipe Burns Night: Auld Lang Syne Veggie Haggis
    Burns Night: Auld Lang Syne Veggie Haggis
    Today is Burn’s Night, a Scottish holiday celebrating the brilliant poet Robert Burns, most known for his poem Auld Lang Syne. A few posts back, I wrote about  New Beginnings , but today, my post is about Endings. Auld Lang Syne is a[...]
  • Recipe Sunday Supper: Spectacularly Simple Succotash
    Sunday Supper: Spectacularly Simple Succotash
    There was a time in my earlier twenties when I shed my structured, organized life in exchange for spontaneity. During that time,  the thrill-seeker in me longed for adventures and allowed myself to be seduced by the unknown. Each weekend brought[...]
  • Recipe Cauliflower Miso Mashed Skulls and Hairy Spaghetti Squash Monster
    Cauliflower Miso Mashed Skulls and Hairy Spaghetti Squash Monster
    As a child, I could never contain my excitement every time Halloween rolled around. I loved the mystery of not knowing what candy “swag” I would find in my bag at the end of the night, visiting the houses with the most terrifying[...]
  • Recipe Balanced Fusion: Korean Pajeon Enchiladas with Chipotle en Adobo Sauce
    Balanced Fusion: Korean Pajeon Enchiladas with Chipotle en Adobo Sauce
    This morning, the sun’s golden rays graced New York City with the first true day of Spring. Donning a summer dress & flip flops, I pranced out of my apartment eager for the first taste of 75+degree weather. As I took in the sights of[...]



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