I made pizza from scratch for the first time, and it wasn’t half bad. Half the battle is the home made crust, the other is high quality ingredients.
The pineapple must be cooked with a healing tablespoon of demerara sugar. This transforms the pineapple into little land mines of flavor on the pizza.
I didn’t take a picture of the salads I had with the pizza, but it all ended with tiramisu.
Tapioca pudding
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holy crap
= party in my mouth
Last Saturday night, we treated ourselves to Castagna, which had a lot of great reviews. I was excited that there were many vegetarian, gluten free options. We were both happily surprised and disappointed. Most of the plant dishes were a hit but we did notice they roasted/grilled (aka burned) the crap out of the plants. The tomatoes and peaches were particularly enjoyable. However, the pizza was one of the worst pizzas I’ve ever had. It was like bad Chinese food–dry, oily, bland, burned.
House pickles. Those garlic plants were starchy and good!!
Roasted eggplant with mint. I probably could have eaten two of these atl by myself.
Cardoons with parsley. Refreshing.
Zucchini pizza. Carbs on carbs.
Grilled peaches with feta and herbs. One of my favorite plates here.
Green tomatoes!! Delicious, this one!
These noodles are just asking for trouble. Dried noodles out of a couple ‘Mr Noodles’ packages, with broth made from miso paste, onions, garlic, carrots, and amino acids. Topped with lightly steamed purple cabbage and dried tomatoes. Too bad I didn’t have any Nori 😦
Delicious texture. Proteins and carbs… How can you go wrong?
Available in Japan for years, the espresso tonic has started appearing at hip coffee shops in the US. unfortunately I have yet to find a coffee shop that is in the know. I’ve been to a dozen cafes to ask, including intelligentsia and stumptown (though, stumptown had at least heard of it… That’s a start). I just HAD to try it, so I collaborated with friends who had an espresso machine… The results? Derricious!
Start with an ice cold glass and cold tonic water. We used fever tree. Pour in 2 shots of espresso slowly so as not to foam the drink too much.
Bam. Best summer coffee ever.
Sprouted wheat bread with guacamole seasoned with lemon, salt, and garlic powder. Free range organic eggs, with red peppers, lots of onion, and dried tomatoes. Very filling!
Taro-rice noodles, cooked in beet juice. Covered in coconut oil. Seasoned with garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, red pepper, and amino acids. BOOM. Plated then topped with fresh picked persimmons. Eaten with garden fresh tomatoes and home made pickles (not pictured).
Work brings out the best and the worst in people. That’s why I use…. Lentil stew! Imbued with certain special properties, lentil stew is sure to make you a sensation at your next meeting.
Thick slabs of beet beside an onion infested stir fry. Dried tomatoes for extra flavor.
GALLOKIMCHI 