When I was a kid, my dad used to always make us his famous grilled cheese with a can of peaches on top. To this day, I can’t imagine eating grilled cheese without peaches. But back then I remember all my friends being completely baffled by the idea of peaches on a grilled cheese. “That’s what poor people do,” I recall one child critically saying… clearly that kid didn’t end up following the wild adventures of anything Anthony Bourdain. Have fun in your boring existence, kid. I decided to take one of my favorite childhood meals and turn it into…
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Continue ReadingSomeone once told me that what is meant for me will come for me. Next thing I know, this German schnitzel showed up over and over again in my dreams and here we are. I think that’s how ideas work. They come for you like little messenger fairies from the sky, and you can grab them or you can let them float on by. More often than not, we let them float on by… but if they are truly meant for us then they will come again and again until you have no choice but to grab them. Places, ideas,…
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Continue ReadingEvery so often you get a dish that picks you up and takes you away from where you are. For me, it probably happens more often than it should. One minute I’m casually watching what kind of nonsense Jerry and George are getting into on the tv, and suddenly I’m transported seaside to a nordic fishing village overwhelmed by the sound of delicate waves. That is the magic of eating a spread of carrot lox over a fatty open-faced danish sandwich sprinkled in fresh dill. It’s not just eating a sandwich, it’s getting lost on a rickety pier starring out…
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Continue ReadingMaybe food means something different for everyone. For some of us, it’s simply the means to survive and for others the pleasure to life. It’s this beautiful method of communication, to express to people what they mean to me. There’s love in the act of creating something beautiful for someone. Each little dip of chocolate feels like a poem you spend all night pacing the floors about. Honestly… nothing says love like a dang Churro Cheesecake. Serve it Steamy Hot I am over the top excited to share this Mexican Churro Cheesecake recipe with you. One thing I’ve observed about…
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Continue ReadingEastern Europe is one of my favorite nooks of the world. Growing up I was always requesting this dish over and over again, but of course now I have completely veganized it! This meal takes all of 25 minutes and I swear if you close your eyes, you are going to be transported cute cafe on the Baltic Sea. History of Stroganoff Would you believe that the famous Russian dish is actually French fusion? In the 1800s, the Russian aristocrat Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov brought a French chef back to Russia. He then created this now famous dish specifically because of…
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Continue ReadingPerhaps one of the simplest pleasures in life, is gathering your ingredients at the farmers market. I’m convinced it is a universal joy denominator around the world. Who wouldn’t prefer to gather local ingredients over imported fruits and vegetables from who knows where? What an amazing way to feel like a local when visiting a faraway land. Next time you decide to venture off to an unknown land, I urge you to head to the local farmers market. Maybe you’ll end up in a serene Italian village picking out fresh tomatoes with all the cute grandmas preparing for dinner. If…
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Continue ReadingOnce upon a trip, my brother and I packed our things to hit the European road. We ditched our jeans (maybe not Rob) and cars for the whimsy allure of a European wonderland. Rob, who has never not had plan a day in his life, threw his hands in the air and let me take the wheel. Luckily, I had been mapping this continent since middle school. I had journals full of hand written dotted lines connecting cities and prices of train tickets vs bus tickets scribbled in the margins. My way of thinking was different back then. Thinking about…