Happy new year! I bet you’ve got some healthy, active resolutions lined up for 2012, right? Let me derail your plans for a minute. Don’t get me wrong, I’m just as much an advocate for mindful eating and exercise as the next Bay Arean, but moderation is key. When those tofu smoothies and kale chips [...]
You know what’s delicious? Hummus. You know what else is delicious? Pizza. Now, hummus and pizza at the same time? Revolutionary. This Middle Eastern-style pizza takes only a few minutes to assemble, and it’s health-conscious too. I prefer using roasted garlic hummus as the base, and I pre-soak my feta cubes in olive oil flecked [...]
To be fair, there was no lard used in the making of this dish. I used turkey bacon instead. Please don’t judge me; the end product was still a garlicy plate of fried potato goodness. Adapted from Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook, this wintery dish is a snap to create and makes a great side. [...]
Heaven is a place where you can eat bibimbap for breakfast, bulgogi for lunch, and banchan all day long. Heaven is Seoul, at least it was for one short, gluttonous day. Melody and I arrived in Incheon International Airport just after dawn, still tired from our stay in Hanoi. We headed straight to Bon, an [...]
We woke up early on our last day in Hanoi to make the most of the few hours we had left in Vietnam. Despite the sense of urgency, we couldn’t pull ourselves away from the Old Quarter. There was still so much to explore. We finally made it towards Hoan Kiem Lake and stopped at [...]