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Where Have All the Flours Gone
Pantry Turnover, Part 2: Sweet Rice Flour 🍚

So I didn’t make cookies in this turnover. Because Sweet Rice Flour or Glutinous Rice Flour is predominantly used in Asian preparations, I had to try that direction using this recipe to make savory Korean pancakes. But look at how many jars I got to use! I also decided I’d Read more…


Scenes From a Quarantine, Part 5

Here are the latest highlights from the Quarantine cafe! First in the bakery, my failed sourdough starter. It was bubbling nice and fine, but I accidentally killed it. I’m starting another tomorrow, because… persistence. Next a stop at the bar before I’m seated at the best seat in the house. Read more…


Keep Calm and Curry On πŸ›

So that macaron trial meant three, count ’em, three cans of chickpeas to use up while I whipped their brine into a fluffy Italian meringue. In the days that followed a big Ziploc of those beige beauties called to me seductively when I opened the fridge. I also needed a Read more…


Lunch: Kind of a Big Deal

I can’t just let some fantastic pickles sit there in the fridge. And since I processed the rest of those over-cooked slow cooker veggies, turning them into veggie burgers, I needed some buns, hun. So after a quick search, this recipe for pretzel buns. Though they didn’t rock my world Read more…


Scenes From a Quarantine, Part 3

Though I was first feeling like this about the drastic shift in my work duties… …I’m feeling better now. Routines have been created and there’s no dress code, though I rocked the tutu yet again to make some example pictures for my students who I was assigning a homebound version Read more…


What the World Needs Now…

is lots of ginger, onion and garlic. And turnip. And radish. Clean food. Low calorie, high nutritional content. Are you still eating garbage and complaining about how you look, how you feel, how weak your immune system is, how much you aren’t going to the bathroom, how much energy you Read more…


Orange You Glad You Bought 🍊 Juice, Part 1:
Treat Me Right Tofu

I’d rather eat my orange juice than drink it. So this week’s lunch is packed with its citrus goodness: Vegan Richa’s Orange Tofu. A double batch so I don’t have to make lunch after my upcoming week of travel. And on that front, let me throw in some perishables I Read more…