When Yiming Lin – an ethnographer gave me a challenge, I knew I couldn’t let it down. I am a very competitive person by nature – hello! Food Network Champion AND Quibi Dishmantled Winner over here! Only the real ones will know that second one. Yiming mentioned that one of the most popular dishes at …
Pantry Clean-Out Black Bean Soup
This soup has zero fresh produce – kind of an oxymoron for me, no?! But this is the reality of real life, amirite? I have been traveling for three weeks and before I left, I cleaned out everything from my fridge that could potentially spoil – don’t worry, everything was either composted, repurposed or froze! …
Vegan Green Chutney Candy Cane
I hardly publish a new recipe in the middle of the week BUT this was too good not to share here! I present to you the absolute perfect holiday dish: Green Chutney Candy Cane, which is 100% vegan, 100% festive, and 100% delish!! This dish is from my feature on Food Network to nearly 11 …
Earth Day: Spicy Indo-Chinese Crispy Chick’n
I don’t understand why we only have one day to celebrate the Earth. We live on it 24/7/365 days a year, so I don’t understand why we wouldn’t celebrate it everyday. I don’t make the rules, but I sure can do my best to break ’em! I’m trying to live a more sustainable life everyday …
Tofu 65
There is a classic Indian dish from South India called Chicken 65. What is it and why is it called Chicken 65 you ask? Well, its traditionally made with spicy Kashmiri chilies, curry leaves, and lots of mustard seeds and with young chicken that’s about 65 days old – I KNOW it’s terrible and I’m …