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The Perfect Pesto
I can distinctly recall my first monumental and impacting food memory. Summer in my kitchen with my mom. Standing on a kitchen stool to...
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Veggie Pancakes, pt. 1
Just about forever ago I took a trip to my local Korean market (which is one of my favorite markets, ever) and picked up a bag of Korean...
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Untitled Salad Entry
One of the most underrated, unknown, mysterious vegetables I've come across is the humble kohlrabi. It's simply one of my favorite...
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The Amazing Egg
I'm writing today's entry from home, in bed, because I've felt so absolutely ill all day. I will continue to write about food and how...
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Preserve in a Pinch.
Yet again I'm faced with a flat of peaches that are ticking time bombs. They could be good for another 12 hours, or they could be rotten...
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Mediterranean Summer
When the summer vegetables start flooding in I can't help but be reminded of the meals I grew up eating from my Armenian grandmother. She...
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Summer Rice Bowls
Rice. It's seriously the one food group that has actually kept me alive for the past decade. I cannot even remember a day that has gone...
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Culls & Corn
I am blessed to have the fortune of occasionally cooking meals for my peers at work and whipping up whatever is inspiring me at the...
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Baby Potatoes are the Best Potatoes
One of my favorite things about the spring and the summer is the emerging produce that is marketed as "baby". By this I mean all of the...
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You're a Peach.
A couple weekends ago I went to Long Beach for a graduation. It was more of an unexpected trip in the sense that I had no expectations as...