The Flexitarian Cook

I blame John Irving, mostly. Years ago, as I was reading The World According To Garp, I felt drawn to descriptions of food that had me both intrigued and hungry, and definitely distracted me from the rest of the story. One of them was for a salad that called for strips of roasted red peppers. [...]

You would love my friend Mary. She’s kind and thoughtful on top of being über smart and funny. She’s the best American speaker of French that ever was (move over, Paul Auster), and the two of us enjoy quite a bit of Frenglish together. Most of all, she is the kind of cook that could [...]

I think that in a previous life, I must have been Asian. I just can’t get enough of Indian and Middle Eastern foods: the spices, the vegetables, the grains, all brought together in an amazing variety of flavors, colors and textures. Hmmmm…. Sorry, having a moment here. Anyway. It’s their use of legumes that I [...]