This isn’t the kind of blog that welcomes pithy quotes, but I’ve been in need of a pithy quote lately. I’m fighting another cold, because Shanghai has it out for me, or because the weather has been shifting almost 30…
I am 'pho' sure not making any Pho puns in this post
We just got back from Vietnam last week! My skin is itching from the sunburn and the freckles have come back to my face. I’m exhausted because, despite my best efforts, it’s still impossible for me to sleep on airplanes….
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Recipe: raw, vegan chocolate cashew cheesecake
This dessert is for all of your friends who recoil in fear when you say words like raw, vegan, or gluten-free. If hearing ‘cashew cheese’ sends shivers down their spine, this will be the perfect cake to prove them wrong…
Cooking School in Cambodia
This melange of turmeric root, shallots, lemongrass, galangal, garlic, and chili would soon become the spice paste in our fish amok. The burnt-orange turmeric root is responsible for giving the amok its distinct creamy amber hue. But it also leaves…
How I spent october in Tokyo
I feel like I need to catch this blog and you guys up on everything that’s happened in the last two months. It’s been ages since I wrote my last real post, while spending a few days in Seoul in…