My favorite raw veggies and accompanying dips

May 13, 2013 at 8:16 pm (unrated, Vegetable dishes)

To use up the vegan cashew “cream cheese” I made last week, I’ve been eating  a lot of raw veggies (or crudité, if you prefer the more sophisticated French term).  A number of my friends have been surprised at some of the veggies I like to eat raw, so I thought I’d share a list with my blog readers. Read the rest of this entry »

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Avoiding the German bagel curse

May 12, 2013 at 2:51 pm (breakfast, Starches, unrated, Website / blog)

I’ve tried a number of bagels in Germany, both here in Saarbruecken and a few in Berlin.  Every time I’ve been wholly (hole-y?) disappointed.  The German bagels I’ve had are nothing like a true bagel.  They’re essentially just a tasteless white fluffy bread abomination, which—by virtue of having a bagel’s shape—attempt to deceive the bagel-ignorant.  I decided that if I wanted to eat real bagels I would need to make them myself. Read the rest of this entry »

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What I’ve been cooking: Spring 2013

May 12, 2013 at 2:17 pm (Alice Medrich, Beans, Cruciferous rich, Dark leafy greens, Indian, Italian, Menus, Quick weeknight recipe, soup, Website / blog)

I can’t believe it, but I haven’t posted a proper recipe to this blog since Spring 2013.  At this point my list of recipes to blog about has grown so long that I have despaired of ever posting them all.  So instead I decided to just do one quick smorgasbord post. Read the rest of this entry »

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