It’s been one of those weeks when I’m preparing for traveling and I am living as if I am already at the destination (as I wrote in my last post, I will be leaving my city for one month to go to a little town in Quebec called Trois Pistoles for a French immersion program)…. Continue Reading
Category Archives: Lunch
Pineapple and Tofu Curry
When I have a writer’s block, I usually write my way out of it. Today I tried something different for treating it: I cooked a new, spicy and fabulous dish. It’s still not gone (the writers’ block, because the dish was gone as soon as it hit the bowls) but this dish is so delicious… Continue Reading
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
Raw Avocado and Wild Garlic Tart
Scenario number 1: I invite people for dinner. I cook vegetarian food. Lots of it. 5 appetizers, soup, 2 main vegetable dishes with rice and 2 little ones (butter – roasted mushrooms and grilled zucchini usually), salad and desert. People look at the food a little confused at the beginning, they get accustomed to the… Continue Reading
Refreshing Asparagus Soup (Vegan) plus an Ancient Tip on How to Cook Asparagus
Since asparagus is in season and it’s a nutrition powerhouse, I try to use it a lot. Sometimes I like to eat the thin type raw (minus the hard ends) or add it (also raw) to a big green salad. I was recently reading through Apicius’ book “De Re Coquinaria”, about which I wrote a… Continue Reading