Favorites List (8.31.18)

Put on those reading glasses. There are some great articles in this list!

– Fighting the vanilla thieves of Madagascar  (BBC)

– A COLD EMAIL FROM A FOOD-OBSESSED TEEN: WHY I OWE EVERYTHING TO JONATHAN GOLD  (L.A. Taco)

– Eve Babitz L.A. map (Curbed)

– To Visit: Nahm

– The Freshest Ideas Are in Small Grocery Stores (NY Times)

– This house

– The Decline of Hong Kong’s Iconic Neon Glow (Vox video)

– Bribes, Backdoor Deals, and Pay to Play: How Bad Rosé Took Over (Bon Appetit)

– Agnes Varda is Still Going Places (New Yorker)

– If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef (The Atlantic)

– 10th anniversary of Put an Egg on It

– The Problem with ‘Hey Guys’ (The Atlantic)

– Paola Santoscoy’s Sesame Kale Salad (Salad for President)

– New cookbook releases: Genius Desserts / Run Fast: Cook Fast: Eat Slow / Kricket: An Indian-Inspired Cookbook / Ottolenghi Simple

– Fiction: Reading this.

– Watching this.

– If you love Indian food, follow these cooks on Instagram

Photos: Details of a mural I often walk past on Haight Street, on the side of Edo Salon.

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Yellow Tomato Bloody Mary

We are entering what I consider peak bloody mary season. I love making them just as summer winds down, using heirloom tomatoes (after the initial thrill of tomato season wears off). Here you have a vibrant, bold, bloody mary made with fragrant herbs, yellow heirloom tomatoes, shallots, and a bit of kick from the vodka and serrano pepper. It’s the bloody mary I want to drink, and I suspect you’ll love it too!

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Quick Blistered Cherry Tomato Spaghetti

In my kitchen, this recipe wins the prize for most-cooked summer pasta, 2018. It’s a beautiful spaghetti-based tangle built around skillet-blistered cherry tomatoes, accented with lemon zest, mint, broccolini, and toasted cashews. If you have shichimi togarashi in your spice drawer, great! If not, no big deal, some crushed chile flakes work fine. All in all, this is an incredibly simple recipe, while still having all sorts of interesting flavors going on!

Spaghetti Inspiration

The inspiration for this recipe come from one of my favorite places – Toiro Kitchen. Naoko posted this recipe. And it found itself on high-rotation repeat in the weeks that followed. I took some liberty with it, and landed on the version below, adding broccolini (or broccoli), little dusting and dashes here and there. Naoko makes it in a beautiful donabe, but I’ve been making it in my widest pan.

Dried spaghetti versus fresh

You can use either! I’ve done both, and they’re great. My main advice? Use whatever spaghetti you love. Another wildcard version I was happy with – soba noodles. Also great. 

Weeknight Friendly Spaghetti

One of the things I love about this recipe is how, aside from boiling the pasta, it’s a one-skillet meal. Put a big pot of water on, and while it comes to a boil you chop a bit of garlic, and trim some broccoli. It all goes into your largest pan. I also love all the different flavors coming together – chile, lemon, mint, and summer tomatoes. 

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13 Inspiring Instagrammers to Follow for Healthy, Feel-Good Food

I’m so excited about this post, I’m not sure why I didn’t do it sooner! I love being able to use my site not only to share the recipes I’m excited about cooking, but to highlight other cooks who inspire me. Many of them have Instagram accounts, so I thought I’d pull together a list of a few favorites. My hope is that they’ll all inspire you to want to jump into the kitchen. They tend to celebrate lots of plants and vegetables, and generally integrate food, cooking, balance, and wellness into their lives in a way that inspires others. I actually have a much longer list, so think of this as the first installment. And, if you’re into it, I’ll share more!

– Ellen Fisher / @ellenfisher – I love this family. Watching the kids grow up on Ellen’s You Tube channel has been amazing, their love for good food and nature from the time they were tiny is inspiring to all. One love! :)!

– Alaina Sullivan / @alasully – She’s on design over at Bon Appétit Magazine, but she’s actually one of my favorite cooks to watch.

– Candice Kumai / @candicekumai/ – Excited for her new book! – Kintsugi Wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit

– Heidi Swanson / @heidijswanson – My Instagram, just in case you’re not already following!

– ABCVNYC / @abcvnyc – Top of my list the next time I’m in NYC. I just wish they posted more! 🙂

– Andy Baraghani / @andybaraghani – I met Andy at a dinner at David Tanis’s house a few days days before he started as Senior Food Editor at Bon Appétit Magazine and I couldn’t wait to see what he’d be up to. He’s just got that je ne sais quoi, and his recipes are are, so often, exactly what you want to be eating. Color, texture, flavor – he’s just one of those cooks who has the good spidey sense.

– Beatrice Valenzuela / @beatricevalenzuela – Known for her clothing, shoe, and jewelry designs, Beatrice is actually one of my favorite cooks to watch. Catch glimpses through her watch Insta-stories for a peek into her Echo Park kitchen & life.

– Botanica / @botanicafood – The Instagram feed for Botanica Food & Market in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. If you can’t be there, you can at least see what is coming out of the kitchen ;)…

– Camille Becerra / @camillebecerra – Chef at DeMaria in New York, all around inspiring person. Only wish Camille was West Coast :)!

– INDAY / @inday_nyc – Energizing Food + Good Karma, wish there was an INDAY in San Francisco.

– Nourished Journal / @nourishedjournal – a great wellness gateway with lots of wonderful profiles – for ex: alaalison, allylwalsh, and mynewroots.

– Sprouted Kitchen / @sproutedkitchen – Real life, real food. Love Sara.

– Anna Jones / @we_are_food – One of my favorite U.K. cookbook authors.

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Ten Lunch Ideas that Spark Joy

There are so many great lunch ideas here! Technically, we’re talking more than ten, but you get the idea. Inspiration for stepping up to the everyday lunch challenge.

1. Easy Pita Lunch Ideas – (Love & Lemons)
Four brilliant pita-centric lunches I want to eat right now. Easy to pack in lunch boxes & quick to pull together. Think smashed avocado and sunflower seeds, and red pepper hummus with chickpeas. Get the recipes here.

2. Vegetarian Lunch Ideas: One Sauce / Three Ways – (101 Cookbooks)
Three on-the-go type lunches that don’t require reheating based on a single favorite tomato sauce. Tweak the main sauce a bit day by day, and create a pasta bowl (day one), a lazy chana masala (day two), and a spicy dipping sauce for quinoa patties (day three). Get the recipes here.

3. Feeding Babies: Lunchbox Edition – (Sprouted Kitchen)
Really thoughtful post by Sara Forte on kid lunches. Lots of great ideas, and recipes to jump off from here. Kid-friendly, but I love some of these ideas for adults too! Scan the comments – some other great suggestions in there too. 🙂 Lots of ideas here.

4. 13 Greatest Hits from Amanda Hesser’s Kids’ Lunches – (Food52)
I love this ongoing series where Food52 co-founder Amanda Hesser chronicles the lunches she packs for her twins. Lots of fantastic ideas and inspiration here w/ some great veg/vegan ideas threaded throughout. See the list here.

5. Cold Soba Noodles – (101 Cookbooks) –
The sort of thing I like to take on flights. Nearly everyone loves noodles, here they’re paired with tofu matchsticks, and a favorite shallot-ginger paste. Looking at the shot now, I think I’ll add some edamame the next time around. Get the recipe here.

6. Kids Lunchbox Ideas (+ Healthy Banana Date Orange Cookies) – (My Darling Lemon Thyme) – Emma has some great ideas here, bonused out with a delicious riff on one of my favorite cookies. Get the recipe here.

7. Rainbow Spicy Tofu Sushi Burritos – (Bojon Gourmet)
We make sushi burritos all the time, and Alanna’s version is fantastic. You really don’t need special equipment to make them, and everyone can put as much or as little of each filling as they want. Sushi burritos are travel-friendly, filling, and you don’t need a plate or utensils to enjoy them. Get the recipe here.

8. Epic Tiffin Lunches – (Food Fun & Frolic)
Not a link to a recipe persee, but plenty of lunch inspo here. I love Delhi-based Hina’s Insta-feed because of her tiffin lunches. Tiffin lunches are one of my favorite things (second only to thali plates). For example: this one, this one, this one, and this one. Follow Hina here.

9. Onigirazu / Rainbow Sushi Sandwich – (Potluck at Oh My Veggies)
Top of my to-make list, look at this rainbow beauty! Make it with brown rice or quinoa for even more nutritional boost. Get the recipe here.

10. Super Onigiri – (101 Cookbooks)
And along similar lines – everyone loves onigiri! Make them with leftover rice and whatever fillings and seasonings you have on hand.Get the recipe here.

Enjoy!

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