food
I adore eating out and lingering with friends over a meal. That’s my social eating, a time to taste everything.
But when I’m home alone, my food is different. I keep a classical, Chinese herbal medicine-inspired kitchen. This regimen is low-carb, gluten-free, wheat-free, sugar-free & dairy-free. That means lots of veggies, grains & some seafood.
To see what my food world looks like, please keep reading…
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on the blog:
RECIPES: Fast, cheap, easy — and mostly nutritious.
- Connecting with quinoa
- Fast and easy miso soup
- The best sesame noodles ever
- Idiot-proof Asian-style salmon
- Vegan, gluten-free Rice Crispie treats: recipe
- Vegan, gluten-free Rice Crispie treats: video
- Healthy, easy gluten- sugar-free salad dressing
- Must-have kitchen item: Bragg Amino Acids (soy sauce substitute)
- Delicious recipe for radish greens (with some of my drawings too)
- Sshhh, I also do junk food: Orange cake: fast, easy, cheap & sublime
HEALTH: I’m a huge fan of Chinese herbal medicine and other holistic marvels. I used to serve on the New York State Acupuncture Board.
- Jeffrey Yuen’s classical approach to acupuncture & Chinese herbs
- A Chinese herbal medicine approach to food and nutrition
- A cheap, holistic way to get rid of allergies — food list attached
DINING OUT: For me, restaurants = theater.
- My NYU “Food Writing” class: the scoop on NYC trends
- How and where to eat Korean food
- How and where to eat Vietnamese food
- Chinese vegetarian in Chinatown
- The Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai
MORE EXPERIENCES: And, food = community.
- Photos from three weeks of cooking & eating in India
- Chinese dumplings with Kian Lam Kho at the ICE
- Dumpling Night at MoCA
- Video of Dumpling Night at MoCA
- Feeding the homeless on Thanksgiving 2009
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yelp.com restaurant reviews
Yelp.com lists me as an “elite” reviewer – which just means that I post a lot. My motto: “Taste buds on a budget.” I’m sold on the value of this website and usually check out other Yelp reviews before trying a new restaurant. (P.S. — I am a recovering donut addict.)
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eating for health
My favorite “cookbook” isn’t a cookbook at all. It’s actually a fascinating recipe for life and understanding the human body:
Between Heaven and Earth is the clearest and most inspiring book I’ve ever read about acupuncture, herbs and the Five Element Theory of Chinese medicine. As part of their presentation, the authors grapple with “you-are-what-you-eat-issues” in a powerful way. And yes, theories here form the core of my approach to maintaining good health.
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paintings of food
Food is meant to be eaten — and painted. I enjoy the still-life-art-studio aspect of playing with food. Please go HERE to see more of my work.
By the way, this painting is now in the hands of my first collector. Want to see where he hung it in his house? Click here to see the photo at the end of one of my blog posts. And you can find more of my art here.
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keeping the weight off
LoseIt.com is a great, free website for tracking daily food & exercise calories. I’ve always detested food journaling but this setup is easy. My five-minute video shows how it works.
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Well, that’s it for the food tour. Hope you’ll click around the rest of my website. Ciao for now! Or maybe I should say, “Chow!” xo
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