It just happened to come up in conversation. As casual as discussing the weather or a clichéd complaint about work, this bread was passively mentioned by a fellow expat over an afternoon coffee and responsibility avoidance. Well not this exact bread, but the general idea of peanut butter banana bread. Let's call it the junior to […]
We just moved. Again. It was not a bad move at all. Far from it actually. It wasn't like the time when we moved during a torrential downpour, or when I had to navigate around a police barricade set up outside a neighbor's house, or when I lugged 60 pounds of shoes and books in my carry […]
A true cook’s worth isn’t measured in dollars or euros. It is not defined by one’s stock portfolio or their ability to evade taxes. Gold bars hold no value. Ingredients are our only currency. We barter in dried morels, hoard vanilla beans and are as stingy as Scrooge when it comes to matcha. “Honey, we’ve […]
January is the most ominous month of the year. It begins with the hopeful pledge that this is the year you’ll change your evil ways and become the person you’ve woefully neglected to morph into up to this point in your life. You’re going to go to the gym every morning at 5am, cut carbs, […]