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Browsing through Mark Bittman’s Food Matters Cookbook, I came across this recipe for a tomato crisp. I had seen other recipes for tomato crisp in the past but they often rely on simply breadcrumbs and butter. Bittman’s addition of oats, olive oil, cheese, and nuts proved too irresistible. It was very easy to make since [...]  It all started with a bunch of spinach from the farmers’ market, a red pepper, a recipe from Mark Bittman, and this picture on flickr. I wanted to cook the spinach and browsing Bittman’s book, I came across his recipe for spinach with currants & nuts. I remember seeing spinach cooked this way when I [...] The list – and comments – are Mark Bittman’s but I like it and thought I’d share [my own comments between brackets]: Extra virgin olive oil. As long as it’s extra virgin, it’s good. [Agreed 100%. I've heard people say that you can't use extra virgin for frying but I don't buy that. I do [...] Remember the black lentils with kale I made the other day? There was about half a cup of it left and inspired by Bittman’s savoury breakfast ideas, I simply added a grain to it to make it quite a wholesome breakfast. I was going to add couscous but at the last minute realized I had [...] 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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