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At the end of January I decided to go dairy-free for a while and see what happened. I wrote about it here. It’s not the first time I’ve experimented with that. I spent a few months when I lived in Barcelona avoiding dairy, which meant passing on the cortados for a while. As in the [...]  The day started with a bowl of steel-cut oats cooked with turmeric, scallions, and sun-dried tomatoes and served with tamari sauce, sesame seeds, and a sprinkle of dulse. Lunch was a simple affair of leftovers from last night’s dinner: red lentil dal and quinoa cooked with mushrooms and kale. For dinner, I had a few [...] Not having grown up in North America, I hadn’t heard of Julia Child until a few years ago and hadn’t actually watched any clips of her show until last night (!). But I’m catching up. I’m now in the middle of reading her memoir of her years in France during the 1950s, when she finally [...] I believe we are what we eat but for the longest time the whole notion of counting calories, talking about carbs, fats, proteins and nutrients seemed a bit odd to me. I tried supplements and stopped because I don’t care what anybody says – I don’t think my urine should be bright orange/yellow/green. So here [...] I wrote about Mark Bittman before but it was only today that I finally got his newly released book, Food Matters: a Guide to Conscious Eating. Much like Michael Pollan, to whom he often refers in the book, Mark Bittman calls us to be more conscientious of our eating habits and adopt what he calls [...] |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
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