I have fallen in love with butter mochi. It’s a Hawaiian dessert that uses glutinous rice flour (the flour made from sticky rice) to create a dessert that’s crispy on the outside and soft and gooey in the middle. I love it so much that this isn’t my first mochi post – I made Raspberry…
Tag: North America
How to Support Black-Owned Food Businesses
It’s no secret in the United States that small businesses are struggling to stay open during the pandemic, and so where we spend our money matters more than ever. At the same time, we’ve also seen a growing social movement to end the systemic racism and police brutality experienced by Black people in this country….
Camping in the Forest: A Tentrr Experience
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been scraping the bottom of the bucket lately on “things to do in the age of coronavirus”. I want to be safe, first and foremost, but I also want to enjoy summer, see my loved ones, and get out of the house a bit. So when a friend…
Kir (And More About Blackcurrant)
Last year, I visited Cassis Monna & Filles, a wine cellar and gourmet foods boutique. Located on the Île d’Orleans, an agriculture island right outside of Quebec City, they make an incredible assortment of products made from blackcurrant/cassis including wines, liqueurs, jams, syrup, vinaigrette…if you can make it out of cassis, they probably sell it…
A Really Good Sandwich
It all started about a year and a half ago. A friend of mine said she was looking to learn more vegetarian recipes and I wanted to help by using this blog to make vegetarian versions of recipes that would be familiar to her. One of my first ideas for her was a faux BLT…
Vegan Corn Chowder
When I think of foods that I grew up with, one of the first that comes to mind is chowder. I lived the first 23 years of my life in New England and summer was never complete without many bowls of New England clam chowder, despite the heat. So many days spent on the beach…
Corn Bean Tomato Salsa
It’s finally May. The weather is warming, which usually brings with it a sense of anticipation for summer. This year, that feeling is certainly muted by the uncertainty of the future with the coronavirus. But still, folks are cautiously venturing outside and there’s a feeling of, dare I say, hope? With the weather warming, I’m…
Walks in the City: Midtown Landmarks
I broke my promise. I didn’t post part 3 of my series of walks through NYC…not on Tuesday and not for the rest of the week. I’ve been procrastinating. Perhaps it’s because part 3 is the most painful. It’s the midtown landmarks, the most famous visuals of NYC. Rockefeller Center. 5th Avenue. Grand Central. Times…
Walks in the City: City Streets
Yesterday I shared some of the images I’ve gathered during my exercise around NYC during COVID, focusing on Central Park. As part of this 3-day photo journey, I’m sharing images from the streets near my home. What is it like where you live? Tomorrow I’ll be sharing images from famous landmarks, so stay tuned! And…
Walks in the City: Central Park Edition
One of the few things we are allowed to do in NYC right now is walking, whether for essential errands, to walk the dog, or for exercise. I don’t go out often, but on some weekends I’ve chosen to get my exercise by long strolls around the city. And without quite being conscious of it,…
Marissa Makes Food 