Pesach

We had a passover seder last night. Somehow Erik and I managed to be the only two Jews there. It would have been nice for there to have been more, but it was lovely to share our culture and identity with our friends. Some excerpts ~

Seder table ready to go!Erik and I preparing the seder! "Let's take turns saying the Hebrew."

Calling everyone to order.eatin'.

Spring Has Sprung

Woke up to a sunny, cloudless day-

Sophie

Grant and Me

Roland

Emily and Charlie

Rode my bike and was on my way.

Taste Memory?

Tonight I watched Las Vias del Amor, which I used to watch every morning and night with my host mother in Guatemala. I was telling my friends how I used to watch the same episode during breakfast and dinner, when the woman sang the final catch phrase, and I got a sudden, intense taste-memory of breakfasts of eggs and refried black beans and salsa. I had never gotten a taste memory before! It was very exciting (almost as much as the telenovela).

Kale-Eggplantalicious Quinoa Loaf

Several weeks ago, I bought an eggplant for a dollar. When I got back from Tuscon last week, it was wilted and looking very sad. I knew I needed to act quick! I had also just bought some kale from People's Coop, so with full confidence in the power of Google (although i am most looking forward to Wolfram Alpha, from the makers of Mathematica), i typed in "eggplant kale recipe" and voila! was led to Post Punk Kitchen, a pretty good vegan recipes site. As I have previously disclosed, I like quinoa quite a bit, so this recipe looked perfect. I followed it strictly, but one important note:
the quinoa - i wish i read critically, because then i would have realized that the ratio for quinoa:water is 2, not 3, as the recipe cites. Because I did what i was told, though, the quinoa overcooked and this had a grave effect on the overall outcome: the "loaf" was not very loafy, the texture was funky.
The cinnamon was very tasty, but for my taste it could have used a bit more cayenne. Apple slices on top might be a tasty addition!