Ari LeVaux

KO’d by Eggplant

The Turkish phrase means, “the Imam fainted,” and the implication is that the decadent and aromatic experience of eating this…

2 years ago

Garlic Salad — Not Tonight, Vampires

Hence, the garlic becomes integral to the salad, not on the salad but of the salad.

2 years ago

Cooked as a Cucumber?

The best have tried, and failed, to find a way to cook a cucumber that people want to eat.

2 years ago

Melting Pot Ramen: Summer Ramence

Sure, you’ve added egg to ramen before. Maybe it was your go-to move in college. But there are levels to…

2 years ago

Loose Morels Among the Fungi

We don’t know how or why morels appear after a fire, where the spores come from, or how they survive…

2 years ago

Watermelon Salad

I was baffled that the dressing, and the salad as a whole, contained neither salt nor oil.

2 years ago

Overnight Grains Just a Little Patience

"Overnight" often means to get something in a hurry. But with oats, it means the opposite. Overnight oats are currently…

2 years ago

The Dandelion Challenge

I make a point to eat a dandelion every day. The whole plant is edible, from the sunny top to…

2 years ago

A Mother’s Day Cone-ucopia

       When Zeus was a newborn, his father wanted to eat him, so the future king of gods fled to…

2 years ago

Better Call Mom

My mom’s parents came over from Ukraine, where the baked Ukrainian crepes called nalysnyky are a comfort food.

2 years ago