Fried Green Plantains: Puerto Rican Tostones with Salsa Brava This year for Spain’s version of spring break, Semana Santa (Holy Week), I skipped the processions. Instead, I flew to Puerto Rico to spend a few days exploring San Juan and […]
vegan recipes
Potato and Escarole Salad with Olive Tapenade Dressing
This year in Barcelona, Spring is late, teasing occasionally with a day or two of sun and warm and then slipping away into damp cold and flights of rain. And of course the late spring is affecting what’s in season. […]
Green Salad with Romesco Sauce, Grilled Chicken, Hearts of Palm and Black Olives
Later winter in Catalonia means afternoons spent at someone’s second property in the later winter sun scarfing grilled meats, rustic bread toasted over the fire, and spring onions (calçots) smeared in homemade calçot sauce. But as Semana Santa nears (Easter/Holy […]
Vegan Coconut Curry
As an undergraduate, I was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship to study in India. Of all of the places I’ve been, India is the most mind-boggling, heart-breaking and exciting. By leaps and bounds it’s my favorite destination that I’ve […]
Tomato Onion Quinoa with Fresh Artichokes
Right now artichokes are in season in the Mediterranean, and oh boy, are they ever cheap here in Barcelona. Last week I bought some gorgeous specimens for 0.99 euro cents/kilo, or around 60 cents a pound, an unthinkably cheap price […]
Monday Meal Ideas: Kimchi-fried Rice
Kimchi-fried Rice (serves 2) When I was 11, my dad went to South Korea for the first time. He fell in love with the country and its people, but most of all, he fell in love with Korean cuisine. […]
Monday Meal Ideas: Spicy Curried Tomato Soup
Since I’ve been back in Barcelona, I’ve managed to catch a monster head cold, most probably from the sneezing, runny-nosed but still adorable cats at Barcelona’s animal shelter on Tibidabo mountain. More on that later, though. At any rate, when […]