From the kitchen of a semi-vegetarian with a serious sweet tooth
My brother is allergic to peanuts, so until he was away at college, my family had to avoid cooking with them. During the summer between my junior and senior years in college, when I first genuinely became interested in teaching myself to cook, I came across a recipe for noodles with peanut sauce in one of my dad’s cookbooks. With some tweaking and additions, this quickly became a family favorite ...
In July, I visited the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan. In addition to the cherry preserves and pies I had anticipated seeing, I got to sample cherry barbecue sauce (which, incidentally, is a great choice to use in the recipe from my previous post), cherry honey, cherry mustard, and more. All of it was very tasty, but after a couple of days, I was feeling a bit cherried-out. ...
I have grown particularly fond of quinoa this summer. It seems like the perfect food for hot and humid weather, since it tastes great served at any temperature, goes well with a myriad of fresh fruits and vegetables, and doesn’t weigh you down like many summertime classics do (think hamburgers or hearty potato salads). This quinoa salad has become one of my favorites. The jalapeños and cilantro ...
During my sophomore year of college, I developed a ritual of going downtown to a certain café whenever I had to write a paper. I would order their club panini and outline my paper on index cards while I ate. For a whole year, each paper that I outlined while eating a club panini received an A. The one or two times that I didn’t make it downtown to organize my thoughts, I earned a lesser ...
