I think all I've done today is cook, eat, wash dishes, and procure more food. (I had to walk over to the co-op to pick up a few things . . . most importantly, more dish soap!) Here's what I've been up to: I started the morning by making some spinach and tomato dal: We'll have this for lunch tomorrow...

Appropriate for my 700th post, eh? Dal and Eggplant, Red Pepper, and Spinach curry (both from Sundays at Moosewood,) over Basmati rice, with Chappati (from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest) on the side. A fantastic Friday night feast! Never quite as good as the Indian restaurant, but this effort came D...

I'm so proud of myself -- I used this link and made myself a label cloud! Woo! (I've been working on labelling previous posts, and was envious of the label clouds I've seen on other people's blogs.) It's kind of fun, looking over past posts and seeing how my blog has changed over the years, and all ...

More adventures in literal mindedness, Washington Heights style. I went to the supermarket to pick up the ingredients for the red lentil dal I'm currently obsessed with. I understand how Esau could accidentally give up his birthright for a bowl of lentils. It's good stuff. Anyways, I'm wandering all...

My early days in the kitchen weren't always so pretty: yep, not one of my brightest moments... placing a cooking on a still hot element. So, before I launch into more photos of my foodtv.ca recipes, this pic is for all you young cooks and new vegans: cooking is a journey of learning and experimentat...

Years ago, Omniman and I visited Turkey during that very precise time of year when you stop eating salads and begin to seek out soups and stews. The main strolling street in Istanbul, called Istiklal Caddesi, is dotted with shops and eateries. One of my fondest memories of that country included sipp...

More on the lentil reading. The lentil and I were reading books together before his nap. This summer he started sounding out words so his teachers suggested we get him some early reading books. We got him these, based on......