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 […]
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, […]
When it comes to granola, I am a picky bitch. Either the clusters aren’t big enough, or the fruit looks freeze dried. There may be too little nuts or too many. Sometimes it’s too sugary, or just not sweet enough. Sometimes the granola contains ingredients I can’t pronounce or identify. And if I manage to […]