Moroccan Eggplant Zaalouk

My Dear Readers, I have something very special for you.  I will share my top secret dinner party weapon, my go to dish to impress, my prize moroccan eggplant zaalouk recipe.   This is the dish, second only to maybe my risotto, that I get asked about most often.  It's unique, flavorful, and most important, [...]

Semi-Sweet Potato Latkes

Semi-Sweet Potato Latkes

Happy  fifth day of Hanukkah! I would have liked to have had this recipe ready on the first day of Hanukkah, but sadly a stream of holiday parties and work got in the way.  As I am now home in sunny San Diego for the holidays, I can finally relax and write. One of the [...]

Recipe for Wellness: Mugwort Soba Miso Stew

Recipe for Wellness: Mugwort Soba Miso Stew

  I know I haven't posted a recipe in a while and this blog is way overdue.  It's not that I haven't been cooking, I just haven't been cooking anything blog worthy.  Nursing a cold this weekend and craving hot spicy soup, I remade this stew this weekend. Upon seeing these photos you may be [...]

Sweet Potato Kale Enchiladas

Sweet Potato Kale Enchiladas

I was lucky to find a group of college housemates who were just as food obsessed as I am.  We baked bread, we created a full Thanksgiving feast, and we even brewed beer.  This was on top of our hectic senior schedules.  We called ourselves the BlueVic, even inventing an adjective bluevicing. Bluevicing: to engage [...]