After having lived in Andalusia, I found this jar of chochos picantes very amusing. Please like me on Facebook!
xoxos picantes
02 Sunday Jun 2013
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Pajunia
03 Saturday Nov 2012
Pajunia in Elmhurst doesn’t serve savory jeon pancakes but it does have extremely delicious hotteok! This Korean winter treat is filled with cinnamon, honey, walnuts, sesame seeds, brown sugar and crushed peanuts. You can get 4 of these sweet, buttery filled “nut cakes” for $5.
Pajunia
74-24 Broadway
Elmhurst NY 11373
(718) 651-2879
Wineberries
23 Monday Jul 2012
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berries, Breakneck, Breakneck Ridge, hiking, Hudson River Valley, mountain climbing, vegan, wineberries
While hiking in the Hudson River Valley, just an hour outside of New York City, we came across few wild wineberry bushes. Wineberries are a species of raspberry with origins in eastern Asia. They have very large, hairy calices, as you can see in the photo. A man we met on the trail told us that these berries were once used to make wine, since grapes do not grow well in this region.
They were a little bit bitter — I wonder if they weren’t quite ripe yet.
Here is a view of the Hudson River looking south from one of the white Breakneck Ridge trails.
Banana Passionfruit
22 Sunday Jul 2012
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Does anyone know where I can find this fruit in New York?
Mint, Green Chili, and Lime Potato Chips
20 Friday Jul 2012
The man at Patel Bros. grocery in Jackson Heights, Queens told me they didn’t have any green chili powder or lime powder, but they did have this powdered mint chutney mix. The first ingredient was salt, perfect for a batch of potato chips!
I don’t have a mandolin so I used my Kyocera ceramic knife to slice the potatoes as thinly as possible.
I microwaved them for 3 minutes and then checked them to see if any were burning. I think it took about another minute before they were crispy. No oil, just non-ionizing microwave radiation!
They weren’t bad but I had to dump a lot more chutney mix and some raw green chili to make it flavorful enough for my taste. It looks like I might have to go to India after all!
Tomato Popsicles
19 Thursday Jul 2012
I loved yesterday’s lettuce popsicles so much that I stopped by the supermarket today to pick up some vegetables for another batch. This time I liquefied a few perfectly ripe tomatoes with the juice of 6 lemons and a little simple syrup. The resulting popsicles came out even better than the lettuce ones!
Lettuce Lemonade Popsicles
17 Tuesday Jul 2012
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I had some lettuce scraps left over from lunch yesterday so I decided to blend them with some sour lemonade and make popsicles. Some of the leafy pulp floated to the top but they still tasted really good!
Chinook Olive 