Food writer and broadcaster Marlena Spieler
- 2.5.09 Roving Feast: yummy quinoa as risotto! quinotto!
- first do as the shamans on the inca trail do: rub the grains of quinoa inbetween your palms to activate them. Then toast them, stir in flavorful liquids as inspired by risotto-making italians, or should i say, milanese....et voila: quinotto! rich and decadent, earthy and healthy. Best of both worlds!
- 11.4.09 Roving Feast: Memories and Matzo in Beijing
- My brother lived--and died--in Beijing. A handful of years later, I went there for pesach seder....and ever since have been making the following frozen chocolate matzo treat. i mean its not that we ate it there or anything, but i was inspired by the ginger, and also i don't know: concocted the treat and now can't stop making it or--sadly--eating it. its definately not safe in the freezer if i'm alone in the house. Dark valrhona, crispy caramelized matzo, fresh rosemary, coarse sea salt, candied ginger. freeze. crunch. yum.
- 11.4.09 Roving Feast: Yummy Salad DRessing!
- A new salad dressing is like a best friend: everything in life seems better for your having discovered it!
- 11.4.09 Roving Feast: My Furry Valentine: oh Jake, I love you!
- I love his little paws, I love his little brown eyes, I love his one ear up and one ear down expression, oh i love love love this pup. Happy Valentines Day Jake--have dinner with me?
- 11.4.09 Roving Feast: I'd walk a mile in my Jimmy Choos for THIS TUNA TARTARE!
- The tuna tartare was delicious, but oh, how I lust for those shoes.......
- 11.4.09 Roving Feast: a Zest for Lemons!
- Okay, I stole a lemon, maybe even a few lemons, maybe i steal lemons wherever i see em, and yes, this week when i go to greece i'll probably steal a lemon or two, but here is the thing: i love being surrounded by lemons, and if there are a zillion lemons i can't help myself.....they are so refreshing and healthfully delicious. and here is the other thing: as i snatch an errant lemon from a nearby tree, so too do i offer you a snip or two from my herb garden, heck, come and pick armfuls! take all you want! its a pleasure to share!
- 9.12.08 Roving Feast: Frankfurt Gruen Sosse!
- Its flecked with green, its tangy-savory-yummy, its as delicious licked off the fingers as it is spooned onto boiled potatoes, tender boiled beef, crisp potato pancakes, hard-cooked eggs......its Frankfurt Green Sauce!
