Category: Side dish

Egg-y the Snowman

I don’t ski. I’m probably the only person in all of Switzerland who doesn’t. And, frankly, I don’t want to ski. There. I said it....

Five-spice glazed carrots

It is a huge challenge to get my elder son to eat any vegetable or fruit. He categorically refuses. In fact, for a while I...

Cheese soufflé

While playing Suzette, a cordon bleu cook in the Zurich Comedy Club‘s production of Don’t Dress for Dinner (November 6-16, 2013), I cooked all the dishes...

Artichokes in sauce velouté

From November 6-16, 2013, I appeared in the Zurich Comedy Club‘s production of Don’t Dress for Dinner—a deliciously funny comedy by Marc Camoletti. In the show,...

Baba ghanoush (eggplant dip)

No one likes to eat everything. These days, everyone has this-or-that that they don’t eat. However, if you ask my eight-year old what he doesn’t...

How to: make cauliflower “rice”

The paleolithic diet (a.k.a. paleo, primal, or caveman diet)  is a modern eating plan based on the presumed diet of wild plants and animals that...