It's finally here -- The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook is officially in stores today! And that's not all; word on the street is it's already the #1 new release on Amazon for vegetarian cookbooks! It feels surreal. As if that weren't enough excitement for the day, I got to start off the morning with an interview [...]
Tag: exotic fruit
Upcoming book release events, and great article in Eater SF
It's hard to believe that, after months in the making, the release date of my cookbook is almost here! This weekend I'll be at Berkeley Bowl signing the very first books to get into the hands of the public... I'm excited, nervous, elated, sad (that my mom couldn't be here to witness this), proud, and [...]
Diablo Magazine raves about The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook!
Diablo Magazine featured The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook as the first in a list of must-have cookbooks this spring! Below is the text, with a link to the full article here.
We made the Epicurious List!
I couldn't be more thrilled to see The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook on Epicurious' list of must-buys this spring! Here's the text, and a link to the full article:
New-Mom-Mandarinquat Toast With Mascarpone
As a brand new mom, I've given up on trying to create some elaborate concoction like Durian French Toast with Elderflower Syrup to kick-start my return to this blog (maybe I'll try creating that when my kid goes off to college?). Instead, I've had to start cooking and eating in a way that a newborn [...]
Buddha’s Hand Scones and Marmalade
January is a great time for citrus, but the My Berkeley Bowl challenge means you won't find any navel oranges on this blog. Nope, this blog necessitates something extraordinary. And I assure you, you won't find a citrus fruit more extraordinary than Buddha's Hand.It's not hard to guess how this fruit got its name. The [...]
Roasted Leeks with Blood Oranges
This week's recipe is one that I developed for an article I wrote for Bay Area News Group, just released this morning. Given the "mainstreamedness" of the readership, I had to keep things a bit more tame to be accessible to a wider audience, while still giving the recipes an "exotic" spin to stay true to [...]
Carnival Cake (Vegan!)
As I already explained in Part I of Squash Week, this is a big freakin' deal in our household. It's like when the fair comes to town, except that instead of feeling all gross inside after gorging on funnel cake and corn dogs, we feel all warm and gooey inside after gorging on one of [...]
Berkeleyside NOSH
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/12/03/blogger-inspired-by-unique-exotic-at-berkeley-bowl/ I had the immense pleasure of being interviewed by Alix Wall, a writer for Berkeleyside Nosh and fellow Berkeley Bowl fan. She really captured the inspiration behind this project and what drove me to this insane challenge of designing a recipe for each and every unusual fruit and vegetable at Berkeley Bowl. Please check out [...]
Poached Quince and Beets, a.k.a. Quincy Jones Salad
There's a satisfying logic to why I named this salad after the legendary music producer, Quincy Jones. (Well, it's satisfying if you love puns and music trivia as much as my family does.) Here's the logic: The exotic fruit I feature in this recipe is quince, Mr. Jones' fruit namesake. I'll talk more about quince in a [...]