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Reading Barry Estabrook’s Tomatoland: How Modern Agriculture Destroyed our Most Alluring Fruit has only confirmed the importance of eating seasonally. I’ll talk more about the book in another occasion, today I just wanted to say how excited seeing the first tomatoes of the season make me feel. The past couple of weeks have brought grape [...]  One of the best sides of entertaining friends is that you get to cook recipes that work best when cooked for more than two people. I’ve been wanting to make this recipe ever since I saw it on Saveur. I love tomato sauce and I love eggs. What could possibly go wrong?? So when my [...] Before After A friend asked me what was the secret of my fried eggs. He found that their crust was always perfectly even. The secret is a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Mine is this one. Inexpensive, made in North America, and very high quality. I use it nearly every day! Nothing like a scrumptious breakfast to start off another week of work. Fried polenta topped with kale (both were leftovers from a weekend meal) and a fried egg. To add some colour and a nice flavour, some Brazilian pimenta de bico, a very sweet chili variety. I made some polenta for dinner the other day and purposely made more than I needed so I could have some leftover for breakfast. By the next morning the polenta was nice and firm so I cut a think slice, fried it for about 3-4 mins per side on my cast iron pan, I then [...] Pots had lots of fresh local Spinach this weekend so I filled a big bag and woke up this morning wondering what to do with such beautiful greens. I was all set to simply have a toast for breakfast when one look at the goat cheese in the fridge and the spinach sitting in a [...] Still on a baked egg kick… this one was inspired by a recipe in the recent edition of the LCBO Food and Drink magazine. Underneath the egg stir-fried tomatoes, shallots, goat cheese with peppers and chives. Ever since I got my cast iron skillet, I have been going nuts with the cornbread. Based on this sausage & onions cornbread recipe, I made my own version with spinach and then a vegetarian and non-wheat version. On Sunday I varied from that basic recipe once more by replacing the zucchini with 2 cobs [...] |
 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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