"he felt toward gastronomy as some men feel toward beautiful terrible women, and his conversation was for the most part a series of diatribes and scurrilous anecdotes about dishes he had made, much as most lecherous old men’s leering reminiscences would be about girls they had done the same thing to."
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mfk fisher, consider the oyster
what a sharp sentence
spring roll fever
after submitting the last term paper of a bleak junior semester, i was twiddling my thumbs amidst the throes of unfamiliar free time. surrounded by vivid blooming may trees and a fridge full of produce that had to be consumed before i left school for the summer, the solution to my boredom was clear: spring rolls.
once you feel comfortable with spring roll wrappers, the roll is your oyster (well, faux-ster—we’re vegans here) and you can fill it with your heart’s deepest desires. or your fridge’s deepest mysteries…
i used post punk kitchen’s recipe as a guide.
batch #1 ingredients:
cabbage, finely chopped
carrots, sliced lengthwise
fresh cilantro, tons
firm tofu, sliced and lightly browned
batch #2 ingredients
cabbage, finely chopped
red quinoa
yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
fresh cilantro
firm tofu, sliced and lightly browned
directions:
fill a shallow, wide bowl with very warm water and submerge a rice wrapper until completely flexible (about 20 seconds). be gentle as to not rip the wrapper. place the wrapper on a plate and arrange fillings on its lower third, softer elements against the wrapper. roll her up by folding the sides and tucking at the end. and as the saying goes, don’t cry over ripped spring rolls.
slice in half and serve with peanut sauce or sriracha. your friends will be impressed!
"what is behind the stars?"
"that we refer to meat eating rather than to corpse eating is a central example of how our language transmits the dominant culture’s approval of this activity"
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carol j. adams, ecofeminist
ecofeminism seems cool
