Pad Thai, Paquita, Precious Sis.

Pad Thai weekend at the Lemon Meringue Kitchen. Sister came down, and we made pad thai, ate veggie booty, then had a Dark Knight/vegan sundae party. If I thought we couldn't get any nerdier, we also watched the documentary "Monster Camp" which is about a live action role playing (larping) club. Notice in the picture how serene and relaxed I am at the stove, but my stirring hand is a blur. You must always be vigilant with the pad thai.
Caroline Paquita came into town and had an art show. It is so good! They really transformed the place. She also told me about tinctures and such, and generally was entertaining and lovely. Next up: tacos tacos tacos tacos. can't stop, and ya don't stop.

Pupusas!

Just got back from Chattanooga, where I ate pupusas for three days straight. I'm going to have to learn how to make them, because I'm not sure where to get them around here. The first place I ate them was at Taco Rico, a place with food from El Salvador. The second place was Jalisco, a really great restaurant with cheese pupusas and good fish tacos. Pupusas are flat cornmeal cakes stuffed with different things and fried. I got bean and cheese at Taco Rico, which was really really good. Cheese pupusas at Jalisco are great.

Mar Sculptures

Not really edible, but these are mar (yak butter) sculptures! The ones pictured here were at the Tibetan-Mongolian Cultural Center in Bloomington. Monks dip their hands into icy water while shaping and coloring the butter, so their fingers are numb while working. Usually they are made for special occasions like Losar (Tibetan New Year), but this year Losar was not celebrated in protest of the violence that has exploded in Tibet recently.

Benedict, Modified.

This is a delicious way to get an eggs Benedict/Florentine fix in less time and with less work. Toast an english muffin, put down some fresh spinach, eggs, then (you guessed it) nutritional yeast gravy. i put tomatoes on top. It is GOOD.

I have white miso in my fridge, but am not sure where to start. What first?

Coming soon: La Torre Chimichangas!