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Oops! Forgot Wednesday’s post! 31 May 2007 1:58 pm

Posted by Tracy in : seasonality, politics, news, Marion Nestle, CSA, books , add a comment

Summer is here, and that means lots of lying spread-eagled on the bed under the ceiling fan, and sometimes that means falling asleep at 9:30 PM when it’s still too hot to do anything but complain about it. I woke up at 11:30 PM, still hot, and decided against writing something at the last minute. But now of course, I feel guilty. So in case you desperately missed reading random stuff about food yesterday, here are some fun things I’ve recently been reading on the subject: (more…)

Recipe: Tofu Stir-Fry With Asian-Flavored Bok Choi 29 May 2007 10:07 pm

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So this dish is really just a slight variation on last week’s Braised Bok Choi With Asian Flavors, namely, the same recipe, only now with the welcome addition of crispy fried tofu! You see, tonight I noticed we had a pound of Surata firm tofu that needed to be used up for expiration date-type reasons, and on Saturday Groundwork Organics gave us bok choi in our CSA box for the week, which on top of the last of that beautiful Urban Farm bok choi made for kind of a huge pile of greens, and the rest is deliciousness. (more…)

Monkey Monday: Memorial Day Weekend edition 28 May 2007 9:42 pm

Posted by Tracy in : work, Morning Glory, seasonality, monkeys, America's Test Kitchen, garden, health, news, friends, restaurants, eating, soup, school, cooking , add a comment

Quick summary: Peter helped me make some little changes to TracyFood’s look, I worked all weekend so if you had three days off I hope they were awesome and I will think of you when I sleep in for the next four days, I have many random thoughts to write about, I watched Mark Bittman’s The Best Recipes in the World TV show so you don’t have to, I just say no to bottled water and sodium benzoate, and I love my garden! (more…)

Foto Friday: Garlic whistles 25 May 2007 10:32 pm

Posted by Tracy in : pictures, garden, seasonality, agriculture, eating, cooking , 1 comment so far

Ta-dah!

Also called garlic scapes or garlic flowers — I saw them being sold under that last name at the Portland Farmers Market on Wednesday, but didn’t have the presence of mind to take a picture to prove it — these “whistles” are indeed garlic’s attempt to bloom and go to seed. (more…)

Recipe: Madhur Jaffrey’s Green Lentils With Spinach 24 May 2007 11:55 pm

Posted by Tracy in : vegan, recipes, vegetarian, eating, cooking , 1 comment so far

I love this dish, and in my efforts to memorize it (or at least the version I make based on a recipe in Indian Cooking) here it is for all of you to enjoy as well: (more…)