broccoli

vegetarian bi-bim-bap

December 2, 2011

I’ve wanted to make bi-bim-bap at home forever but have always been put off by the amount of work involved. All that chopping, individually cooking everything then assembling the dish seemed monstrously time-consuming and a bit annoying. The bi-bim-baps I’ve had at Korean restaurants are all served in one of those really hot stone pots [...]

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mouth puckering mu shu tofu

October 3, 2011

A couple of weekends ago Steven and I spent the afternoon in the quaint northern California coastal city of Half Moon Bay, located just 30 minutes south of SF. It is fun to leave the city for a bit sometimes, just to decompress. The trip alone, down California highway 1, is already a magical experience [...]

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roasted broccoli with tahini dressing

January 3, 2011

We are big fans of all vegetables from the Brassica family, be it broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, kohlrabi or what have you. These unsung heroes of the vegetable kingdom may not be as sexy as eggplant, as sensuous as zucchini, or as sweet as pumpkin, but Brassicas have their own individual charms. They’re versatile for [...]

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arroz de bacalhau com brocolis AKA salt cod & broccoli flavored rice

February 26, 2010

I got the idea for this dish from this wonderful arroz de bacalhau we had in the company of our dear friends, Luiz and Sávio, at a beach kiosk in Vitória while we were visiting back in early February. There the dish was served in those stunning and very authentic dark clay pots from Paneleiras [...]

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oven roasted broccoli

November 17, 2009

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 oven roasted in olive [...]

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vegetarian kimchi fried rice

October 20, 2009

With all of this kimchi that I made last week, it’s like we’ve been running the kimchi marathon, sort of like the spinach version from the spring. Maybe I should really say the kimchi Olympics to show my Brazilian pride. Yeah Rio de Janeiro 2016! Besides the regular baechu kimchi, we made a wonderful silken [...]

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