Category: Food

Chop (dice) and sauté in olive oil: 1 bunch of celery 4 leeks 18 carrots After the vegetables are soft, add 8 sweet potatoes, chopped up 2 cups red lentils 16 cubes “Organic Gourmet” vegetable bouillon cubes(with salt) 32 cups of water Cook for about an hour until all vegetables are soft Then add, chopped […]

I just got a 16-pack of Planet Harmony Organic Fruit Bears from Amazon.com’s new Grocery service for a mere 15 bucks. It arrived in two short days because it was elligible for Amazon Prime; Amazon.com is actually stocking inventory for grocery items and not just acting as a conduit for 3rd-party supermarkets like Gristedes. Plus, […]

University of Maryland Newsdesk: Paper Says Edible Meat Can be Grown in a Lab on Industrial Scale.

Ever since we moved up to the San Francisco Bay Area, one of my favorite places to eat has been Amber India Restaurant in Mountain View. I was delighted to find papri chaat and pav bhaji on the menu. My colleagues in India call it “Indian junk food”. I call it delicious. This past week’s […]

Gabriel and Rachel are visiting from the Twin Cities, so we went out to dinner at La Fondue in Saratoga. Ben & Lisa arrived late, but there was plenty of cheese and chocolate leftover. We ordered a la carte since dipping vegetables in hot oil didn’t appeal to us (I suppose that phase of the […]

One of the many dishes I did not eat tonight: Looks like it was 50% beef, 50% chili peppers. The entire conference (over 100 engineers) went out to dinner after a pretty full day of presentations. They stuck the two vegetarians (me and Tej) at the same table and gave us over a dozen dishes, […]

I’ve often seen Amy’s Kitchen vegetarian frozen meals at supermarkets but haven’t purchased them in the past because they didn’t display a hekhsher. Ariella sent email on Sunday to ask if they’d consider getting rabbinic supervision and they replied back with some good news: Amy’s Kitchen’s Kosher certification is from Rabbi Dov Hazdan of Ner […]

The Vegetarian Resource Group recently published the 2004 edition of their Guide to Fast Food. If you’re a vegetarian and you eat out at non-vegetarian restaurants, it’s well worth the $6 investment. The VRG publishes updates of the 24-page book every couple of years. I first found out about the VRG a couple of years […]

A couple of weeks ago UPS dropped off a 30 lb. box of Indian food from TastyBite. Every box has been absolutely delicious. My personal favorites are the Kashmir Spinach, Madras Lentils, and the recently discontinued Curried Mashed Potatoes. They’re about $3 a box in the local supermarkets, but you can get them for as […]