They don’t yet know this (ok, well maybe they do now), but I am making it my personal mission to get my in-laws fully aboard the tofu train. Not because I’m a super yooge advocate of soy protein or anything (here’s where I’ll remind you that we’re an all-things-in-moderation household), but because I’ve met me a tofu — many tofu/tofus/tofi? in fact — that are off-the-charts tasty, and I’m just not sure they’ve had the pleasure. Ok, I’m certain they’ve not had the pleasure, as evidenced by my mom-in-law meticulously removing tiny cubes of gauzy tofu from her fried rice. (To be fair, … Read More
creamy white miso + cauliflower soup with candied furikake prosciutto + garlic chive oil
The way I see it, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who enjoy having a mirror directly across from their glass-enclosed shower, and those who do not. And it’s simple. You don’t need any Myers Briggs BS to tell you which camp you’d fit into. Hell, you don’t even need to actually have a mirror directly across from a glass-enclosed shower to determine on which side of the line you fall. Just thinking about it right now, you already know. See? I’ll give you one guess which group I’m finding myself in these days. I don’t know that it has … Read More
the ultimate spring pizza // shaved asparagus, roasted potato, smoked mozz + lemon
First off, thank you so much for all your kind words on my last post. As you guys know, I like to treat this as a “no secrets” kinda space, even in my typical posts (you’re welcome/sorry), but it still felt a little different publishing a new brand of ramblings that didn’t culminate in a recipe. Your comments here and on the P&Q social spots were such a welcomed reminder of why I come back to this place over and over again. To shoot the breeze about the many things I like to put in my face, of course — and then … Read More
roasted fig + potato salad with asparagus, goat cheese + honey-orange balsamic vinaigrette
Hi, my name is Emily, and I love purging shit outta my house. So when I got an email from Phoebe a few weeks ago suggesting a pantry purge in the name of spring cleaning, I jumped right on it. Purging shit not only out of my house — but into my belly!? I can think of few things more satisfying. At first glance, this salad doesn’t necessarily scream PANTRY, I know. It’s fresh, light, green. It’s not bursting with nuts or legumes or any of the usual pantry-lurkers (Oriental Flavor ramen brick, I’m looking at you, ya little anti-PC creeper) — but … Read More
charbroiled shoyu chicken + curried mac salad lunch plate
You guys, I have a confession to make. I’m hoarding chicken thighs like it’s the apocalypse. That is, if the post-apocalyptic world has bigass freezers for stockpiling things like warehouse store-sized packages of organic poultry, which it probably won’t since all those cable shows depict more of, like, a bunker-fulla-pantry-goods situation, and that seems way more on point. Unless those cable show guys are just suckers, because while they’ll be farting up their bunkers with space-dried beans and peas, I’ll be feeding my fellow zombie escapees these moist and juicy vittles all while using phrases like “moist and juicy vittles” to ensure my … Read More