Tag Archives: summer
the whole enchilada
When two good friends of ours left last week for Connecticut, I closed the chapter of our year-long neighborly friendship in the same way that I opened it: with a meal from Veganomicon.
pleasant thoughts tomato soup
Just when I thought I'd have to kiss my soup craving goodbye until November, this one snuck up and told the humidity where to go.
packed like sardines
It’s been scorching in Central New York since last week, and the weather gurus are promising two more weeks of melting madness. I’m a Northerner at heart — heat like this makes me irritable at best.…
quinoa tabbouleh
I debated calling this next series of posts “The Unemployment Project, Part I (etc).” Since I’m not sure how long this is going to last, however, I figured I’d spare you from an ever-lengthening string…
slaw salad
I’m not sure anymore whether Syracuse feels like home. In any case, it’s good to have my own jug of milk and a fruit bowl with peaches in it. Life on the road teaches joy…
watermelon raita
Yesterday, a friend reminded me that every once in a while, creativity pays off. In a world where ideas are cheap but increasingly void of meaning, I pounced on the opportunity to win some cash…
cold soba noodles with mushrooms
Through the winter months, I dream of warm food. There are afternoon lattes, tea, and hot chocolate, greedily assembled as my cheeks thaw out from the wind-whipped walk home. There are soups and stews simmering…
tofu “deli” sandwich slices
When I stopped buying deli meats, I missed the protein element in my sandwiches...
raspberry kefir coffee cake
These are the kinds of things I did before I started school. I’d traipse out to a berry farm with some friends, sling an old plastic bucket ’round my waist, and walk, eager-handed, along hedges…