Category Archives: Eats

Tapestry Suppers: Burmese Lunch For Refugee Aid

After last month’s  Vietnamese lunch for The IRC, we head West across the Chinese subcontinent to Burma/Myanmar, also known as The Golden Land for the sheer numbers of golden pagodas around the country. I met April Chou, our next host, two years ago through our common interest in Ashtanga Yoga. A side effect of knowing April is discovering the world of Burmese cuisine. Coming from another Southeast Asian country, I found the salty, sour, bitter and spicy notes comfortingly familiar, evenRead More >>

Tapestry Suppers: Immigrant Stories

Regardless of your politics, I’m sure we can all agree that the past two months in America have been rather chaotic, as if we’re all actors in a show where the Director changes the storyline every other day. It is hard to keep up with the multitude of narratives and voices, and it can be overwhelming. As an immigrant – this November marks 10 years of our lives here – nothing unnerves me more than watching the rising tide of anti-immigrant sentiment in this country playRead More >>

Blog Feature: Meat Camp

About a month ago I spoke with photography consultant Suzanne Sease about the work I did for Belcampo\’s Meat Camp last summer.Read More >>

A Fresh Start: Spring Cleanse

Thoughts on doing a seasonal Ayurvedic cleanse and a bit of a rant on the media’s obsession with lecturing us on what a healthy lifestyle should be. Also, a recipe for Kitchari, Ayurveda’s ‘perfect food’.Read More >>

Beautiful Land

Settle in for a short video from Belcampo’s inaugural Meat Camp for women, held August 6-9 at their farm in the Shasta Valley.Read More >>

“Put Yourself In The Way Of Beauty”

5 days of eating and drinking in Sebastopol, the heart of the Russian River Valley, in pictures.Read More >>

Reminiscing Ice-Cream

Thinking about ice-cream and the decisive moment – of the visual kind.Read More >>

Aste Nagusia 2014: Cooking, The Basque Way

Behind the scenes at the Aste Nagusia culinary competitions for two Basque classics: Txipirones en su Tinta and Bacalao a la Vizcaina.Read More >>

Aste Nagusia 2014: Celebrating, The Basque Way

Learning how to talk about food, the Basque way. First of a series of posts about my time at Bilbao’s Aste Nagusia 2014.Read More >>

Miami Through The Lens

A week in Miami, through the lens.Read More >>

Polenta + Roasted Persimmons

Mind-blowing heirloom corn polenta meets gently roasted persimmons in this perfect dish for Fall.Read More >>

Edible Excursions: Tastes of Temescal

Bay Area tour organizer Edible Excursions launches their new food tour in Oakland. A three-hour delight offering a sampler of eight different food businesses all located within a 5-minute walk of each other. Taste, savor, walk, repeat.Read More >>

The Green Goddess

The perfect vehicle for all the forgotten summer herbs silently wilting away in your crisper: my riff on the classic Green Goddess dressing.Read More >>

Seattle, Inspired

Being spoilt on a recent trip to Seattle and some musings about photographing BlogHer Food 2012.Read More >>

Pea Ricotta Spread

Welcoming Spring with this Pea Ricotta spread featuring the essence of peas, the earthiness of roasted garlic and lively notes of fresh mint.Read More >>

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