In my books, it’s officially summer. Even though the summer solstice doesn’t occur until June 20, Toronto is sizzling hot, humidity is high (I like), iced coffee is omnipresent (I like even more) and late afternoons are those times that I would like to put in a box and store somewhere under my bed so… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Stuffed Eggplants
These days I’m finishing the many lectures that I started during the last school year and I never got to finish. There is both dread and satisfaction in picking up unfinished books. Dread because most of the time I cannot remember a lot of the details of the book, which means that I have to,… Continue Reading
An Offering to The Fates – Vegan & Raw Yogurt Parfait
I’m not really sure what made me interested in healthy food. I’m not referring to vegetarian food only (you can read about why I decided to not eat meat here) since vegetarian food can very well be unhealthy as well. For example, I spent a whole year in college eating a diet of fries, pasta and… Continue Reading
Spicy Gazpacho
Try this: close your eyes. No, wait! Read this first and then close your eyes and say “gazpacho” three times out loud. What do you feel? I feel like I want to stab a watermelon and open it just to hear that cracking sound. “Gazpacho” has such a full resonance, it sounds so fresh with… Continue Reading
Raw Chocolate & Raspberry Roulade
My childhood is marked by two distinct worlds: that of the small Romanian city where I was born, Craiova, which I remember as the place where I used to play with my friends and where I realized that I like Greek gods, boys and punk music and a completely different world, that of the small… Continue Reading