Archive for August, 2008

I have recently developed an obsession with tempeh. My husband really likes it too, not that he complains a great deal about anything else I make (but I do aim to please, mostly, depending on the time of the month and whether or not you spoke to me before 10am that morning). This recipe features one of my staple favourites when I'm craving a unique flavour: ...

Hey Brits, it really is summertime. That's code for salad season! Despite what you may think when you look out the window, or when you go out for a stroll in your mac, it is technically the summer. The weather, at least in the Southeast of England, has been so humid and muggy that the last thing I've wanted was a hot meal. As ...

"...but I don't like aubergine." "This is different. Try it." "I didn't know aubergine could be so good!" I knew I loved Aubergine/Eggplant Parmesan when I lived in the states (before I discovered parmesan isn't vegetarian) and hence assumed aubergine was a heavenly vegetable. Then I grew up, quit eating out all the time, and tried cooking it for myself. Yuck. Aubergine is an unfortunate vegetable in many ways; ...

I like cookies. A lot. I mean, seriously, a whole lot. Remember how, as a child, you would say how much you loved something and someone would say "why don't you marry it then"? Well, I would marry cookies. I haven't posted much in the last week or two, and while I could pull a million excuses out of the bag I ...