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Wikipedia defines comfort food as “familiar, simple foods that are usually home-cooked or eaten at informal restaurants.” What constitutes familiar, simple foods that elicit a certain emotional response from those who eat them of course changes from culture to culture. Whenever he is feeling under the weather, Alan likes having toast and tea because that’s [...] I’m not one to buy too many cookbooks but I love cooking magazines. My favourite at the moment is Fine Cooking for the variety of recipes, the emphasis on seasonal ingredients, and its pedagogical flair. Many recipes are actually built around teaching a particular technique or the principles behind a traditional dish. The article on [...] I didn’t feel like making eggs this morning but I wanted to have something *like* that – you know, something warm and wholesome. So I adapted a recipe from the Fresh cookbook to use some herb tofu I had sitting in my fridge. I stir-fried in olive oil 1/4 red onion, chopped in small pieces, [...] |
 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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