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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 [...] 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. 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. We are having friends over for dinner tonight and since we slept in, breakfast needed to be something quick. Alan said “we can just have some eggs with toast”. As he stepped out the door to pick up some milk and bread, I quickly chopped a couple small tomatoes (one yellow, one red), a small [...] I routinely eat vegetables for breakfast – often added to couscous or steel cut oats. But in these late summer days, when vegetables are at their best, I enjoy them in a simple marinate and served on top of a wholewheat toast of some kind. When I was making lunch the other day, I popped [...] It was 7:15 AM and I had been up for nearly two hours. Lecture finished, I need some breakfast. One last egg left in the fridge, I was determined to try frying an egg for the first time on my new cast iron skillet but alas, there was nothing to eat the egg with. No [...] |
 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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