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A week ago our campus dining service made an incredible sweet potato chowder, very thai inspired flavour with the sweetness and heat of the dish.  I definately would love to be able to make a reasonible fascimile of the dish myself.

I decided to use the remainder of my watermelon rind in a noodle dish.

I saw a few weeks ago ‘pickled watermelon rind’ and decided to read up on eating watermelon rind.  Big news is that watermelon rind contains compounds which behave similarly to viagra.  Well we purchased a watermelon for Independence Day festivities and had some rind left.  From what I gather, watermelon rind is eaten in many […]

I love hummus, and black olive hummus is one of my all time favorites. Here is my recipe for Black Olive Hummus: 1Can Chickpeas (Drained) 2Tbs Lemon Juice 1Tbs Ground Cumin 6 Whole (pitted) Black Olives 1½Tbs Minced Garlic (to taste) 2Tbs Tahini 2Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sea Salt (to taste) Mixed Peppercorns (to […]

I collect and use spices, and tonight I organized my spice cabinet. I counted 68 different herbs/spices/blends/extracts, listed below: Alum, Almond Extract, Anise Seed, Annato, Sweet Basil, Bay Leaf, BBQ Chicken Seasoning, Black Peppercorns, Cake Spice, Canadian Chicken Seasoning, Green Cardamom Pods, Cayenne, Cajun Seasoning, Chinese Five Spice Powder, Cinnamon, Chamomile Flowers, Celery Seed, Celery […]

While in Australia I had my first taste of delightful sushi.  One of my favorites was a delicious and creamy curried-egg futomaki. I am no stranger to making sushi, so I decided to give my skill at making California Rolls a rest and try my old favorite.  Below is a photo of one of my […]