I am so lucky to have a pantry stocked with food and a cabinet filled with spices. A report released this week by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme reminded me how…
Pastel de Papas, Comfort Food Part II
When I was a kid, I remember thinking that if I had to choose one food to eat for the rest of my life, it was pastel de papas, an Argentine dish that my family used to…
Nachos, Comfort Food Part I
Everyone has their own comfort foods, and we all really crave them right now. The conspicuously bare supermarket shelves give us some clues as to what these comfort foods are. In Germany, yeast and flour are in…
Brownies, Comfort Food Part III
Do you see what I’m seeing? We’re living through the worst global health crisis since the 1918 flu pandemic, and there are more recorded COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States than anywhere else in the…
Gigantes Plaki, Anything is Possible
I learned how to make gigantes plaki, a Greek, bean dish, in 2011, while stranded on a Greek island. I happened to be visiting the country during the anti-austerity movement and had made my way to one…
Reluctantly Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
Grocery shopping is not what it used to be. As a master’s student writing my thesis at home, going grocery shopping is when I am most exposed to the coronavirus, and as a result, it frightens me…
Chili Sin Carne, Praise Beans
I know you have a stash of beans in your pantry right now. I can tell by the empty supermarket shelves. Good on you. I’m a huge fan of beans, and you should be too! Beans are…