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tofu and green-pea dal

February 4, 2011

By now my Indian dal soups are all about improvisation. I feel comfortable using most of the Indian ingredients and can sort of predict what a soup will taste like if I add more of one spice versus another. It is fun to have that confidence because now I can utilize whatever ingredients are available [...]

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seafood vegetable nabe

January 7, 2011

Nabe (sometimes called nabemono) is a brothy soup made with a hodgepodge of vegetables, seafood and meat that is prepared with all of the aforementioned items combined into endless “weirdcombinations.” If you have not tried classic nabes such as Oden, Sukiaki, Shabu-Shabu or Chanko Nabe you are definitely missing out! They are all delicious and [...]

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Mediterranean bulgur black-eyed-pea pilaf

October 8, 2010

This recipe was adapted from VegNews, a vegan magazine I got for free at the 26th Toronto vegetarian food fair Steven and I attended recently on a trip to Canada. It attracted my attention because it uses healthy ingredients that I happen to love: bulgur, black-eyed-peas and kale. It also requires a homemade spice mix [...]

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red quinoa, carrot and cumin basmati rice

August 25, 2010

I made this rice dish before without the quinoa. This time around I decided to add the quinoa for more protein and texture. How can you go wrong with rice or quinoa? I served it with chole masala. red quinoa, carrot and cumin basmati rice 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped 1 tsp cumin seeds [...]

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vegetarian Bolognaise ragu

August 17, 2010

I’ve been thinking about what to make from “soy chorizo,” that mystery product that Hegui discovered lurking on the shelves of Trader Joe’s recently. I guess it’s intended as a meat alternative. So what could be better than taking a stab at the ultimate Italian meaty pasta dish: Bolognaise ragu, or as we called it [...]

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hearty lentil soup for a cold San Francisco summer day

July 2, 2010

Last Thursday I was home alone for the evening. Steven had a work-related function to go to at Gary Danko, a fancy restaurant in town near GHIRARDELLI SQUARE. He had great time there—more to come on that next week. Lucky him! But I had fun at home too. It’s getting around that time of the [...]

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retro Seventies vegan dinner: crumbly tekka miso over brown rice with fried tempeh

June 24, 2010

I’ve been reading this remarkable book first published in 1975, The Book of Tofu by Shurtleff and Aoyagi. At least one of the writers was heavily influenced by the American Buddhist movement and spent time at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center near Big Sur, California. There he/they became enchanted with all things Japanese, especially the [...]

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carrot, green almond salad à la Joumana

May 5, 2010

The other day I saw an intriguing salad recipe on Taste of Beirut. Joumana uses an ingredient I’m not at all used to: fresh almonds in their pods. The novelty of the thing got me excited. I wanted to taste it right away! Luckily for me, an almond tree grows right in front of my [...]

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purple kohlrabi ’slaw

March 25, 2010

Kohlrabi is crunchy. It tastes something like broccoli, though sometimes I get that sweet, watery flavor of jicama followed by a mild spicy kick like horseradish when I bite into it. It’s a weird looking thing, which also adds to its appeal. Kohlrabi’s versatile. It’s good for salads, in cooked dishes and for decoration of [...]

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penne with bitter Thai eggplant

January 19, 2010

The guy selling me this lovely bitter fruit at the UN Plaza Farmers’ Market swears that it’s called Thai eggplant. I don’t know. It reminds me of a bitter vegetable that’s very popular in Minas Gerais, my home state in Brazil. There it’s called giló or jiló, which sounds like “jell-o” in English. Yeah, I [...]

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