Every year, I anxiously wait for summer tomatoes and the fresh, achingly, savory, sweet flavor of them. I will eat them on toast, in grilled cheese, like an apple and in salads galore. Summer tomatoes are the king of summer foods. This is my first summer in Seattle and many locals have said that our […]
Category: Vegetables
Roasted Chicken with Mustard Greens & Continuum
I first heard John Mayer in during one of my summers in Japan that I taught English at a summer camp. I graduated from high school while living in Japan and to make money during the summers, American kids living overseas had two primary options. We could either work at the American Embassy and wear […]
Roasted Beets with Salted Yogurt and Pistachios & Abbar el Hamada
The list of things I love about vinyl is long and varied. One of these that I think is common among all vinyl lovers is browsing through a well stocked vinyl store, standing in front of a row and flipping through each album hoping to find gold. Gold could of course be a rare album […]
Summer Zucchini Bread & Blessed
I love variety in my life, in my cooking and in my music tastes. There are however, a few genres that I avoid and have never gotten into. One of them is Country. So when I first listened to Lucinda William’s Blessed, where I could certainly hear some of the Country twang, my gut reaction […]
Soy Glazed Hakurei Turnips & Songs in A Minor
Let’s talk about comfort food. Most of us think of macaroni and cheese, chicken noodle soup, fried chicken or mashed potatoes. Although really comfort food relates directly to our roots, our upbringing and our family’s culture. When do we need comfort food? After a rough day at work, following a break-up or a big fight […]