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Dinner
Organic squid ink pasta from Italy with organic green lentils (France), cherry and heirloom tomatoes, sundried black olives, parmigiano, zattar, lemon and Israeli olive oil.

Paris cheeses (part 1)
Pungent, sharp, and creates a strange sensation at the back of the throat. Crottin Super Meme: a fresh tasting, unctuous raw milk goat cheese Dome de Vezelay: creamy, a little bit goaty…leaves a tingle on the tongue…would be really nice in a dessert (like cheese cake). Bleu d’Auvergne: semi-firm, not too pungent blue with some […]

Emson Smoker, Round Two: Smoked Tomatoes
So, for my second experiment with the Emson smoker, I decided to try smoking some tomatoes. I bought some organic cherry tomatoes that I found on sale at Vert Pomme Fruterie, and some brown tomatoes, both grown in Canada (yay!). After a bit of research, I decided to leave the cherries whole, and cut the […]

Emson Smoker
So, my boyfriend and I were at Walmart today (not the most sustainable store, I know, but sometimes you have to pick your battles), and we came across the Emson Smoker/pressure cooker on sale for $70. I’m not exactly sure why it was so cheap, since even on Amazon.com the list price is $179.99. Based […]