jamaican me crazy!
Refreshing agua frescas, a combination of water and fruit, seeds, flowers, can do a great job in quenching your thirst and not letting into the juice addiction. Ok, maybe we’re the only ones with the juice addiction (we seriously try not to buy any, otherwise its gone within a day!). We recently went on a brief detox, eliminating sugar, dairy, gluten, caffeine which meant, no juice! No juice (to me, Caroline) means BORING water all the time, so I decided to replace my iced coffee/juice addiction with a light, detox-worthy drink, Jamaica (pronounced HA-my-kah), a hibiscus tea. I adapted a recipe from Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Cooking by using agave nectar rather than sugar and diluting it a bit more.
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Make it Snap-py!
When Art in the Age released ROOT last year, we thought it was the best thing to hit our highballs since we’d discovered the beauty of bourbon (not to mention it looked lovely in our liquor cabinet). So of course we were amped to try the Philly folks’ new spirit SNAP, which hits home bars everywhere in August. While the cinnamon-y, vanilla-y, ginger-y flavors of SNAP (yeah, it tastes like a gingersnap but without any sickly sweetness. Yum.) are super well-suited for the cooler months, we ran through a handful of recipes the lovely folks at Art in the Age suggested and found on that’s perfect for summer. (The one we decided was PERFECT for fall will run in the next issue of BUST, so stay tuned!) Oh, did we mention SNAP is certified organic and 80 proof? Yeah, you want this in your glass. And with only three ingredients, this SNAP-inspired cocktail couldn’t be easier to mix.
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OLÉ to Molé!
This is the last of our Oaxacan posts, I (Caroline, here) wanted to share with you my experience at a cooking class I took while in Oaxaca. I met 2 wonderful people, Australians nomadically living in Oaxaca who are currently working on a cookbook about Mexican food. I know, it sounds strange but after taking the class, meeting the people, and tasting the food, its not so weird. Travis Harvey and Kerin Ferguson have done their fair share of research, visiting the local farms to learn about the agriculture, getting to know the Mexican people and their food. The class was really fun and we learned everything from the basic tools necessary to a little bit about food chemistry! Continue reading OLÉ to Molé!…
Recent bounty!
Our recent bounty from the Community Garden! So crazy! I can’t wait to start pickling and canning and eating!
Food Adventure: Oaxaca
This is a special food adventure because I (Caroline, speaking) got to travel all the way to Oaxaca, Mexico to go adventuring. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but, we, numnum girls, LOVE mexican food. Moving to New York from California was hard on our burrito/taco lovin’ mouths because it was so hard to come by, thankfully times have changed.
Oaxaca is known for their chocolates, coffee, and MOLÉ. Oaxaca is an amazing place for food, everything was super tasty and crazy cheap. We had street food most of the time but it ended up being way better than fancy restaurant meals.
Our first meal was at the local, organic market which sets up every Sunday at the ferrocarrîl museo, an old railroad yard. Dining al fresco, underneath the trees with fresh corn, squash, squash blossoms underneath the trees was the perfect welcome. All the tortillas were being freshly made in front of us, blue corn tortillas were soft and slightly crisp. There’s also a vendor from Italy, whose wife is from Korea (after having met in India, then moving to Oaxaca) so they had some pastries, pizzas, a couple of korean items, and a wonderful chai.
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Special Requests
Last week was Heather’s birthday and her only special requests were that we do a low-key, intimate dinner and for it to be gluten and meat-free. We were happy to oblige, being that she is one of our nearest and dearest friends. So we had a bit of a challenge on our hands since we love our bread and gluten, but we’ve been meaning to try a vegan/gluten-free week soon so this was a good test. The dinner was successful and very grown-up, a small dinner party in our make-shift dining room.
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The Ultimate Craving
We are really excited to be a part of Issue 2 of Remedy Quarterly, not only is it a great magazine but created by really amazing people. Half of the creators are one of our favorite couples ever, Aaron and Kelly Carambula. This new issue is all about cravings, with contributions by David Lebovitz and Ashley English to name a few. And for us, what more would we crave than sweets and fried food, FRIED CHICKEN and WAFFLES. Yes, together and yes, it’s delicious!
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Special Guest Food Adventure: Lana Kim
Summer here in New York is hot and humid, and to any West Coaster like Lana Kim it could feel like hell. The famed Lana from The Lana Show, a funny online videocast where she interviews different musicians from Blonde Redhead to Fat Lip to Girl Talk about their favorite music videos. She’s also the head of music videos at The Directors Bureau and not only that, she’s also in the rockin’ band J-Lep. But best of all, Lana is one of a kind and one of the most amazing people you’ll ever meet. Phew, that’s a whole lot. She came out for a short visit during one of the hottest and most humid days but of course that didn’t stop us from trekking out to Crown Heights for a Food Adventure! Why Crown Heights? Because we had to try Peaches for some good Southern cookin,’ and because we love their sister restaurant, the Smoke Joint.
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Berry, berry refreshing!
Summer has officially arrived here in New York, which means sweltering heat mixed with the unrelenting humidity. Basically we’ll do anything to keep cool (a LOT of Mister Softies, Italian Ices, People’s Pops). So when we spotted some fresh strawberries and a bushel of mint at the Farmer’s Market this weekend we knew Strawberry Mint Lemonade was in our near future. This drink will quench your thirst and cool you down, at least just for a little bit. Enjoy!
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Gardening progress
Another photo update of my garden in bloom. My tomato plant is massive! and to think it all started with 2 seeds… The Wonders of NATURE!
(from this itty bitty thing!)
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