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Boo!
2007-10-31 23:44:00 Did I scare you? It’s been so long, I know! I’m not going to sit around and make you read a long list of reasons that I haven’t been posting, because there’s really only one reason: thesis. I doubt I’ll have time to start posting again regularly, but I just wanted to say hi and share a ... More About: Vegetarian , Snacks , Sweet , Appetizers
No muss, no fuss
2007-08-13 00:44:00 I’m a bad blog mommy. As soon as things get hectic, I drop the blog baby and tend to the others, who are more likely to kick and scream. I’m sorry, baby. But there’s just a lot going on right now. Henning is back from Germany and I’m leading some younger graduate students in a ... More About: Vegetarian , Snacks , Savory , Fuss
Sass-squash
2007-08-03 08:45:00 Ah, the humble summer squash. It’s growing overboard in many a garden right now. Your neighbors are probably stopping by to ask if you’d like any zucchini, cause they just picked one the size of Texas that was lurking beneath an unturned leaf, and by the way, do you like yellow crookneck? Say yes, because ... More About: Vegetarian , Savory , Squash
River Cottage Meat Book
2007-08-01 16:23:00 As you may or may not have noticed, there’s a new book in the “Must Reads” sidebar. That’s because I bought Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Meat Book , and I am obsessed. I’d heard rumblings of the existence of this book from a variety of sources, and decided to take a look at it. I ...
Amalgamation
2007-07-29 00:07:00 On nights when I come to my parents house for dinner, my mom and I often exchange lots of emails trying to work out the menu. But yesterday I came over early, so we got to have our discussion in person. It usually goes something like this: “So what should we have for dinner?” “Well, I saw ... More About: Vegetarian , Savory , Amat , Amal
Eat In, Act Out
2007-07-27 21:06:00 This coming week, July 29 through August 5, is Eat In, Act Out week, organized by San Diego Food Not Lawns. Here’s what they have to say about the event. San Diego has the second-highest number of small farms in the entire US and yet, very little local produce is used in our restaurants or sold ...
The temple explodes the chicken cube
2007-07-27 20:40:00 My friend Jason just got back from a few weeks in China. He was there for a conference, and wandering the streets he saw lots and lots of signs like this one. Now, I know what dumpling, fried rice, and fried noodles are. But can anybody make any sense out of these other ones? Fragrant and ... More About: Eating Out , Temple , Chicken , Elsewhere , Cube
So it grows
2007-07-26 20:26:00 Hey guess what I figured out. You’re not going to believe it, but it’s true: If you put plants into dirt and water them, they grow! Amazing, isn’t it? How they do it, I’ll never know. I mean, come on, let’s see you turn sunlight and water into green stuff that you can physically touch. ... More About: Grow
Summer in a bowl
2007-07-25 18:10:00 You know those magical recipes that come together effortlessly and completely capture the essence of good eating? This is one of those. Bookmark this now and make it tonight. I’m not kidding. You can thank me later. The recipe couldn’t be simpler: coarsely chop tomatoes, peaches, shallot, and tarragon. Blend with a splash of white ... More About: Vegetarian , Summer , Appetizers , Soups , Savory
Feelin? Blue
2007-07-24 18:25:00 I WENT BLUEBERRY PICKING, AND YOU SHOULD TOO! Ok, sorry, let me try again, but with a wee bit less enthusiasm. You need to drive about 20 miles north of Chapel Hill, 10 miles past Hillsborough on the incredibly scenic old 86, where there are several pick-yer-own blueberry patches. You’ll see colorful sandwich boards ... More About: Blue , Sweet , Feel
Elegance, defined
2007-07-24 07:46:00 Imagine a crisp breeze blowing through marshmallow clouds, and you’d be pretty close to tasting this salad. Shavings of endive, celery, and fennel are lightly dressed with lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper, and then topped with luxurious burrata cheese. It’s that simple. And it’s quite possibly one of the most elegant salads I’ve ever ... More About: Vegetarian , Appetizers , Savory , Fine , Defined
Not your average fish stix
2007-07-22 08:55:00 I’m here to tell you about breading your fish with cereal, cornflakes to be exact, and then panfrying it. Doesn’t that sound good? No? Well just wait until you try it. It makes for the most impossibly crispy crust you’ve ever had on a piece of fish. I guarantee it. Granted, “breaded” and fried fish ... More About: Fish , Savory , Ethnic , Average
More scoops
2007-07-21 08:16:00 I know what you’re thinking. Oh here we go with the ice cream again. And that darn book, what was it, the Poop Scoop? She should just give up and send these love letters directly to this David Lebovitz guy and leave the rest of the internet out of it. I mean really. It’s kind ... More About: Vegetarian , Sweet
Plum crazy
2007-07-19 01:25:00 Maybe I went a teeny bit overboard at the farmers market on Sunday. Is six pounds of stone fruit too much for one person? Hrmm. Well, I’ve got stone fruit coming out of my ears. Plum s were spilling over bowls on my kitchen counter, cherries straining the strength of the colander in the fridge, and ... More About: Crazy , Savory
Pesto-shmesto
2007-07-18 18:19:00 I have a confession. I don’t really like pesto. I probably just feel that way because I’ve never been able to successfully make a good pesto myself - it always gets overwhelmed by the garlic. Maybe that makes me a little immature (like a kid who’s picked last at dodgeball - “Dodgeball’s stupid. ... More About: Savory , Ethnic , Pesto
Oh, summer!
2007-07-16 02:08:00 The season of bounty, where fruit is bursting with juicy ripeness and everything is in abundance. It is here. Summer summer summer. Please excuse me while I do a silly dance with my bags overflowing with goodies from the farmers market. Sweet corn is so perfectly crisp and ripe and sweet that it doesn’t need ... More About: Vegetarian , Savory
I heart Japan
2007-07-15 18:51:00 Only in Japan would someone come up with the idea of confining melons and cucumbers to certain shapes when they are young, so that when they are ripe, they are square, or pyramidal, or star-shaped. Oh goodness, just go have a look for yourself. More About: Eating Out , I heart , Heart , Elsewhere
Sister blogger, now and forever
2007-07-12 22:55:00 Good news: my sister will be a permanent addition to Maiapapaya. I asked her if she’d like to be the papaya, and she said she’d love to. From now on, we’ll both be posting here, so look forward to posts from San Diego and Chapel Hill. It’s going to be fun to have her around, ... More About: Blogger , Forever , Sister , Logger , Blogg
A thousand perfect scoops
2007-07-09 05:13:00 So. Everybody and their mother has David Lebovitz’s awesome book, The Perfect Scoop. And everybody and their mother has blogged about it. But I can’t help but tell you about it too. It’s really that awesome. We’re talking pages and pages mouth-watering, butt-building frozen goodness.. it’s enough to make you swear off bikinis forever. My sister, ... More About: Vegetarian , Sweet , Thousand
Brain food
2007-07-07 22:41:00 This is the summer of research for me. If I want to graduate in a year, I really need to put my nose to the grindstone. I usually fuel my brain with plenty of lattes and tea, but there’s only so much caffeine a girl can drink in a day. When I’m looking for a ... More About: Vegetarian , Food , Snacks , Sweet , Ethnic
Marching through the desert
2007-07-04 08:11:00 I’m back from the parched and strikingly beautiful canyon lands of Utah. Henning and I spent a week and a half driving between national parks to hike and take in a good ol’ dose of pure nature. We managed to log over 2200 driving miles and 100 hiking miles in the process, and all that ... More About: Vegetarian , San Diego , Eating Out , Savory , Ethnic
Pie Are Square
2007-06-25 15:45:00 I credit our parents with the development of Maia and my math-y minds (she’s getting her PhD in math, I’m in physics). They refused to let us buy into the mysticism and stigma associated with math, introducing us to the basic geometry and algebra concepts at very young ages. I remember many dinnertime ... More About: Eating Out , Sweet , Elsewhere , Square
Eat Local Triangle
2007-06-23 17:01:00 Maia and I both have the great luck of living in a place where good local food is easily available. California is a standout in produce production, and you can’t go 5 miles on a Saturday in San Diego county without stumbling upon a farmer’s market. Stalls there are lined with ’seasonal’ veggies ... More About: Eating Out , Local , Elsewhere , Angle , Triangle
Eating My Curds and Whey
2007-06-20 16:24:00 Hello all. I’m Laurel, Maia’s sister, and I’ll be your guest blogger for the week. I recently read Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a description of her family’s journey through a year of eating only (or mostly) produce and meat grown on their own property in Virginia. Kingsolver had more than your average knowledge ... More About: Eating Out , Elsewhere , Savory , Eating
Sister Blogger
2007-06-17 07:28:00 I’ll be out of town, hiking in Utah for ten days. In the meantime, my sister, Laurel, will be keeping you entertained. Rumor has it that she might tell you about cheesemaking at home and eating local in the Chapel Hill, NC area. Enjoy! More About: Blogger , Eating Out , Sister , Logger , Blogg
Hey, thanks!
2007-06-12 22:45:00 Thanks to whoever nominated me for Culinate’s GrillMe Food Blogger contest! I really appreciate it :) It was probably my mother, ha. Anyway, I don’t stand a chance against the likes of Sam, Matt, and Deb, but I’m happy that someone thought of me, cause I sure would enjoy a trip to Napa. Especially one ... More About: Eating Out , Thanks , Hank
Oh, the irony of it all
2007-06-06 20:35:00 Someone is playing a trick on me. A mean, mean trick. In January, I ordered six tomato plants from Laurel’s Heirloom Tomato Plants, with the goal of having beautiful heirloom tomatoes growing in buckets on my back patio all summer long. In the first week of April, they showed up at my door, all tucked into ... More About: Irony , Iron
POMbowlful
2007-06-05 00:15:00 Now I know you are all going to be raising an eyebrow at me blathering on about a hearty winter soup here on the fourth day of June, but man, it’s just not summer where I am. And the truth is, I could (and probably will) eat this soup all year round. A hearty mix ... More About: Vegetarian , Soups , Ethnic , Ombo , Bowl
Toronto, part deux
2007-06-04 06:22:00 Toronto is an amazing city. It’s the 5th largest city in North America (after Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago), but it’s clean as a whistle and you have to work pretty hard to find somewhere you’d feel uncomfortable walking around in alone after dark. And there’s a lot to be seen just ... More About: Toronto , Eating Out , Elsewhere , Part
So fresh and so clean
More articles from this author:2007-06-01 04:50:00 The combination of evenings alone in a foreign city, weariness from too much math, and boredom with the old blog layout got the best of me this week. On Tuesday night, I began to envision a new layout for my little papaya, and random spurts of tinkering over the last few days have resulted in ... More About: Clean , Fresh 1, 2, 3 |
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