Food52 recently invited me and Alok to their kitchens to make coconut dal and turmeric rice for a cooking series with kids and their parents called More Ketchup Please! You can catch me talking about the recipe while he downs an … More »

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For those like myself that share a love of all things spicy, Red Hot Kitchen by my friend Diana Kuan cannot be missed. This is the much anticipated follow up to her first book The Chinese Takeout Cookbook, also one … More »

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photo by Luisa Brimble I am so excited to share that my good friend Hetty McKinnon just came out with her 3rd beautiful cookbook Family which not only includes Hetty’s own recipes but family recipes from friends (including me!!). A … More »

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I have been making this recipe quite a lot this winter. What I love about it is it’s highly adaptable. I tend to just throw in whatever quick cooking lentil or even bean that I have. You can use lemon … More »

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Happy New Year! This year has got me feeling nostalgic. One thing I’ve never done on the blog is show how a recipe from the site has iterated over the years. This Otsu recipe from back in 2009 has been … More »

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The first time I had avocado toast was at Cafe Gitane in Nolita. I remember it distinctly – incredibly delicious toasted bread,  lush green avocado, a drizzle of very good olive oil and some pepper flakes and flaky salt sprinkled on … More »

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Fall is the season for the year’s most anticipated cookbooks and this year one of them is Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food by my good friend Nik Sharma, the blogger behind A Brown Table and columnist of A Brown Kitchen at the San Francisco Chronicle.  … More »

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I’ve always wondered why when people talk about tacos they are usually referring to soft tacos.  Growing up we always ate crispy tacos, often filled with rajma and topped with iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, diced onions and lots of cheddar cheese.  The … More »

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Hello again! I’m back with a confession. I hate to admit it, but I have succumbed to the Instant Pot. I’ve always been suspect of kitchen gadgetry but for some reason after reading this article by friend Priya Krishna I … More »

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