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My name is Amineh and I love talking about food.

I spend a good deal of my life thinking about what to make for dinner. I will spend hours scanning blogs for recipes and trolling Pinterest for ideas to inspire a tasty meal. Inevitably I get pulled down an internet rabbit hole and go from reading a recipe for arroz con pollo to learning about the origins of goat cheese.

Now, I love goat cheese, and it turns out I love thinking about more than just what to make for dinner. I love learning about food origins, hearing about the best restaurant in cities continents away, and learning the best trick for peeling garlic. I want to know more about food itself, not just how to prepare it! So doesn’t it follow that any blog I end up writing about food should be more than me just throwing recipe ideas at you? I’m going to throw my thoughts at you instead – my thoughts, opinions, and musings on food. Here you’ll find recipes, restaurant reviews, tips on cooking and anything else food-related that strikes my fancy.

I hope you find it as interesting - and tasty - as I do!

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Fall Brings Love

21 September 2013 | 2 minutes

Fig & olive oil challah

I woke up this weekend and turned my face to look out my bedroom window. It’s finally fall.

I love fall. I love that I get to wear sweaters and jackets during fall. I love that my hair whips around in the wind during fall. I love that when I wrap a scarf around my neck, it keeps getting pushed farther by the fall wind, until my face is finally obscured and I can’t see where I’m going. The fall chill has a vitality to it that isn’t the same in the winter. It’s crisper - I feel like I can hear it and feel it around me. Or is it just the crunching leaves that I can hear? Fall is alive and it makes me feel alive too.

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Empty Fridge + Hunger = ?

18 May 2013 | 2 minutes

What do you do when you have an empty fridge and a rumbly tummy?

The only way I’m able to keep on schedule with my cooking is by planning ahead. One afternoon per weekend is spent grocery shopping and prepping the week’s meals. I take stock of what perishables I have, I make a meal plan for the week and I get down to the business of feeding my household! This is a wonderful cost and time effective way of living, but it does mean I have to carve out time for shopping and planning. What do I do when that time just isn’t available? Well my friends, I’m still working on it.

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Pinterest - Recommendations or Ideas?

19 March 2013 | 2 minutes

I had an interesting exchange on the blog The Kitchn recently. The poster was lamenting Pinterest fails - of course, I’ve been there. I love Pinterest, it’s a wonderful place for inspiration and browsing, but I’ve learned my lesson that not every Pin can be trusted!

Much like anytime you surf the internet, you have to take Pins with a grain of salt and only cook recipes that jive with your own kitchen sensibilities and knowledge. If something seems like it just wouldn’t work…well, you’re probably right. Too good to be true is definitely an appropriate adage when looking at recipes on Pinterest, convenience recipes especially!

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