Table for one: pandemic cooking
That’s it. I’m tired. It has been nine months cooking for myself. The summer is now here in Rio de Janeiro and it is hot. I don’t want to cook anymore.
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Old school
I don’t have a television might seem like the vainglorious boast of a pedantic bookworm. It might have been twenty years ago. Today, however, this detail about the choices I’ve made does not say very much, considering all the time I spend on the internet. Apparently, television has gotten better since I was a kid watching […]
Read MoreAyurveda in quaratine
At home and preparing my meals every single day, I cannot help but to reflect upon the fact that quarantine is a privilege.
Read MoreOn Mafia and Meditation
I saw how perfect and uniform all of the red fruit were, but I was more preoccupied trying to remember how many of them I would need for the various recipes I would exact. It might have been that same subliminal suspicion that had made me separate, but not read, an article on the global Italian and Chinese mafias for tomatoes.
Read MoreMexican rajma chawal
I mean, I assume you’ve already gotten rid of all the other aluminium in the kitchen, right? Right??
Read MoreHow to kill Dracula
Garlic at your own risk It has enough garlic to kill Dracula. There should be no reason that pasta aglio e olio couldn’t kill a sinusitis, right? That’s why it was part of my battle plan for the day after I arrived back home, a trip that required two excruciating intercontinental flights. Besides, why else […]
Read MoreCooking Mexican in India
The games continued, unfolding the birth of a new cuisine, in much the same way our ancestors had done on different continents.
Read MoreCross your TEAS: discovering my own taste for coffee and tea in India.
For some it is wine, for others, restaurants, carpets, clothes, cars or watches. I try not to criticize, because I think everyone has a certain objects of desire that are coveted. If so, I guess that means that I will always find money for the finest tea.
Read MoreBack in the kitchen after a long journey
I don’t have enough words of praise and awe for the delicious food of India, but after nearly five weeks in the Subcontinent, there was something to rediscover once back in my kitchen on the other side of the world, to make once again those personal comfort foods — those that would be requested before […]
Read MorePrecisamos falar sobre UMAMI / We need to talk about UMAMI
Já vi várias tentativas de vegetarianismo serem frustradas por diversos motivos, mas principalmente pela descoberta de que não basta deixar de comer certas coisas: é necessário começar a comer outros alimentos.
I have seen several attempts at vegetarianism frustrated for various reasons, not the least of which is the discovery that it is not just a matter of ceasing to eat certain things: it is the start of eating other things
