I was kindly invited to Adsum for a happy hour debuting their new menu. While they have been on my radar for quite some time, I’ve been disappointed by their entire lack of vegetarian dishes, and have been ignoring them out of spite. Thankfully, this is no longer necessary! I started the evening off with [...]
Archive for August, 2011
29 Aug
Baked Eggs with Yogurt and Chili
This weekend we had a hurricane move up through the East Coast, and I spent most of the weekend holed up in my house, watching bad movies, checking the weather report, baking 10 dozen cookies, and eating. Luckily, we never lost power and I was still able to use my kitchen! The above dish makes [...]
24 Aug
Soba Noodles with Eggplant and Mango
This soba salad pulls no punches. Piles of fresh cilantro and basil, mango, fried eggplant (and I added tofu) hot peppers, sesame oil, red onion, rice vinegar and fresh garlic (I’m not afraid of fresh garlic. Love me, love my garlic). It has four major components – sauce, noodles, fried things and chopped things – [...]
23 Aug
Veggie Hoagie, Planet Hoagie, Citizens Bank Park
Lucky me got to go watch the Phillies destroy the Mets last night. From the 8th row. YES. And as much as I love a Phillies game on a beautiful evening, I also love having some food options at the stadium. Especially when I’ve run to a game right after work. Citizens Bank Park has [...]
22 Aug
Shakshuka
This weekend was full of delicious recipes from my new cookbook love, Plenty. Pictures above is Shakshuka, a dish of caramelized peppers (I substituted greens for yellows) and Spanish onions, burst tomatoes, herbs and saffron, finally cooked in individual skillets with a fresh egg. The recipe called for two eggs per serving, but I stuck [...]
19 Aug
Sweet Corn Polenta with Eggplant Sauce
In the last year, I’ve been raving quite about about the grain, vegetable, and citrus zest-happy recipes from the “Simply Natural” cookbooks. As a recipe-referring cook at best, I was shocked to find a cookbook whose recipes I wanted to follow to the letter. Friends, it’s happened again. After reading rave reviews for Plenty: Vibrant [...]
16 Aug
Summer Vegetable Curry
I love all the fresh, organic sweet corn I’ve been getting in the CSA lately, but I was in search of a new way to eat it. I stumbled across this recipe from Serious Eats requiring corn (check) tomatoes (check) and potatoes (check)a and written by the vegetarian-savvy Madhur Jaffrey. I added a few vegetables [...]
15 Aug
Roasted Eggplant with Peppers, Onion and Yogurt
We’re deep into summer produce now, people. A cooling rain and heavy breeze yesterday convinced me to turn on my oven and roast a few selections from the bounty. A big old eggplant, some green peppers (substituted for the red), onions and heirloom cherry tomatoes got together in the broiler and crisped up nice for [...]
11 Aug
Chilled Avocado-Cucumber Soup
I love avocado. And cucumber. And lemon, and add some jalapenos and some dill and I’m definitely going to try the recipe. I whipped up this easy, cold soup in the Japanese “magic bullet” we have in our work kitchen. Before I was even half-done, I had staff begging for a taste. It was, as [...]
10 Aug
Desi Chaat House
Chaat traditionally refers to a roadside snack, purchased at a cart or in a small shop in India or Pakistan. In West Philadelphia, it means an inexpensive and delicious meal-sized snack, available for take-out at Desi Chat house or their sister Baltimore Ave. sister, Mood Cafe. Desi Chaat opened in the neighborhood over a year [...]
