Writings and Travels of Lina Em
June 18 was our first CSA pick-up EVER. It was rather exciting seeing all these buckets of fresh vegetables. Everyone had a selection of veggies to pick out. And I stood there thinking, I must be way over my head thinking I can cook all this vegetable for an entire week.
Continue reading “Day 18: Jasmine Spring Green”
Genoa is known for many things and pesto is one of them. I’ve never found a place stateside that has made the same pesto sauce, creamy, light green, fresh basil taste. It always feels like old basil, dark and gloomy.
In Genoa, they use baby basil. That’s the key. Never use old basil to make pesto. And they love parmesan in the sauce.
Continue reading “Day 13 Pesto Zucchini Salad”
What a humid, muggy, and cloudy day in Queens. Summer arrives next week and the city isn’t quite prepared.
Continue reading “Day 10 Cabbage Salad a la Som Tum”
A new week of salad! The green market in Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria returned this weekend for the summer. I went early in the morning on Saturday to see what fresh veggies I could snag. Of course, I think it would have been if I an idea of what recipes I would like to try to know what of the veggies to buy. There were just too many variety that I was unsure where to begin. I stuck to the basic and got arugula and mint.
Continue reading “Day 8 Meatball Salad”
Falafels were an acquired taste. The first time I tried them was once again at a college cafeteria. Needless to say, it was a very bad experience. But living in New York City, plenty of falafel stands roam the street. I’ve found some of the best places were actually these trucks. My favorite falafel truck is Taim Mobile. They serve a mean falafel and great lemonade.
Continue reading “Day 3 Falafel Salad with Tahini Sauce”
A storm was coming. A big one they say. It also happened to be my last day at Bluefly as a senior web designer. The relief was unsurmountable. Of course, I got to leave early to wade out Winter Storm Nemo. Did anyone catch those memes floating around?
Continue reading “Sweet and Sour Shrimp and Tilapia Soup”