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 [...]
Most mornings, my breakfast is simple: yogurt with fruit or granola, and the occasional dollop of jam if I’m feeling hedonistic. But sometimes I waver and go for something more indulgent, like a breakfast burrito. I know, I know, breakfast burritos are so 1990s. But they’re also tasty, filling and easy to assemble. The first [...]
I first stumbled upon mentaiko, or marinated cod roe, a few years ago at Nijiya Market in San Francisco, where a packet of the spicy, salty mentaiko sauce was on sale. Intrigued, I prepared it at home with spaghetti as the packet suggested, and I was hooked. Unfortunately, pre-packaged mentaiko sauce is loaded with preservatives [...]
The first time I tried okonomiyaki, I had just moved in with my new roommates for college, two of whom were from Japan: Sanae from Tokyo and Sanae from Osaka. Throughout the year, I was fortunate to learn to cook all kinds of regional dishes with them, many of which can be hard to find [...]