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Some say serralha is a weed. I don’t agree. To me it’s another yummy bitter green that I love. It’s similar to dandelion in flavor and shape. I haven’t seen it for sale at food stalls and supermarkets in San Francisco for some reason, though it grows wild here. Lately it’s been raining quite a [...]
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I saw a 4-pack tray of sweet corn on the cob at our branch of TJ’s last week which made me long for summer. Aah! Summer sweet corn is the absolute best! It’s been so cold lately. Plus produce, aside from root vegetables, the cabbage family and of course citrus, all starts to look and [...]
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I’ve adapted this recipe from an original, Dau Dua Xao Tom, that calls for shrimp instead of tofu. It’s a stir fry which I think works better on a gas stove. We live in earthquake prone San Francisco so have a glass top electric one. It doesn’t caramelize like I want but [...]
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The winter holidays can present a unique challenge for vegetarians and pescetarians. Thanksgiving and Christmas inevitably revolve around a grand feast. Yet the traditional foods, like turkey and ham, just don’t work for us. I don’t know about you, but I just cannot stomach those “artificial” foods like tofurkey. I didn’t [...]
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I love broccoli! I just do! Don’t ask me why.
I remember when George Bush, Sr. was in the White House he famously made some pejorative remark about this marvelous green vegetable. Silly man! I bet President Obama eats his broccoli without comment. I delight in eating mine, especially when its [...]
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The other day at the Alemany farmers’ market I found a type of winter squash that was similar to one squash my mom used to cook when I was growing up in Brazil. I decided to buy it to give it a try. This looks a bit like acorn squash but I was not able [...]
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Last week we finally made our way to the Alemany farmers’ market. We love it and will return. Maybe we got carried away on our first visit. We bought so many vegetables there that I had enough for not one but two kinds of kimchi! So I made the Baechu kimchi [...]
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Don’t use your Halloween squash for decorations only: eat them!
Last week our Trader Joe’s store was selling butternut squash straight from Stockton, California for only $1.49 each. So cheap, yahoo! I bought 2 of them. Steven immediately asked, “why so many?” with obvious anxiety. He’s funny about squash. “To eat, of [...]
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To all you weirdcombos folks out there in Internet-land, news flash: good tasting tomatoes, as well as many other flavorful Summer crops, are beginning to disappear for the season. Time to get shopping! It is going to be a few months before good root veggies get to the farmers markets. Fortunately [...]
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I threw this dish together the other night to go with Hegui’s kimchi fried rice. We had these stunningly beautiful portobellos from Trader Joe’s. Our original plan was to stuff them but that didn’t seem to match well with the rice. Fortunately I had some Chinese bean sauce, spicy garlic sauce and [...]
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