Do you ever have those moments where you decide you’re going to make chickpea fries because you made them a week ago and they were the most delicious thing you’d ever eaten in your entire life and instead you accidentally make a deep-fried doughnut that makes you so happy inside you didn’t know … Continue reading
When I was a kid my mom was always hiding secret vegetables in our food. Spaghetti sauce? Secret squash. Casserole? Secret carrots. Secret spinach. Secret broccoli. As a kid I didn’t exactly appreciate my powerful palette — what kid wants to find all the secret vegetables? Not me. Like most kids I loved white bread, … Continue reading
I’m a third culture kid. My life is a long stream of dialogues that go something like — Person: So, where are you from? Me: (quickly assessing said person to decide how they will react to my humour) Person: *crickets* Me: What year? Person: Uhh errr.. Me: Actually! What month of what year? Let’s … Continue reading
I am listening to Mozart’s Piano Concerto 21. What that has to do with the obviously fantastic recipe I am sharing today I am not quite sure. I felt like sharing, so I shared. I feel more enriched, don’t you? There are a lot of spices in my spice cupboard (that I have no … Continue reading
I just ate a muffin. It was fantastic. Now see, I could just let you sit there in your muffin-less misery and laugh maniacally. However as I have stated before I am not a psychopath. I am however obsessed with spices. There has always been something mysterious and transcendent to me about spice cupboards. … Continue reading
It has been five years since I cut all wheat and cereals from my diet. In the beginning I went a little gluten free crazy – if it said “gluten free” I ate it. Nothing ever really measured up, but I had just learned that I couldn’t have something. I always want what I can’t … Continue reading
I’ve been craving cookies lately. Really I’ve just been craving the idea of cookies. The reality of my posts is that I love them. I love coming up with ideas, I love the creative process, the dough, flour, anything between my fingers. Moulding food into art that nourishes not just my senses, but my body … Continue reading
One of my favourite colours is orange. There is something so primal, so warm, so full of joy in the colour orange its richness just crying out that life can be so beautiful. But. Yes, there is always a but with me, I just don’t like cooked carrots. Something about making a crunchy, vibrant, juicy … Continue reading
I work a lot in the summer. In fact over the course of the next few weeks I’ll be working every day for eight hours or more. Yet somehow, you’re reading these words and about to make pancakes. You’re welcome. There are moments where I feel insane for starting a food blog while trying to … Continue reading
I think it is safe to say that I am addicted to chocolate. Coffee, no. Chocolate, yes. Chocolate for breakfast? You’re too kind. Chocolate for dinner? Darling, come home with me. From my research I have learned that in fact a certain compound in chocolate, which I am currently too lazy too Google (I realize … Continue reading
Not Perfectly Paleo 