One afternoon at our first Skooliepalooza, while I was slinging samples and selling cookbooks, I heard a woman exclaim as she flipped through my book. She told me excitedly that she was Vietnamese, and she was very happy to see the chapter on Vietnamese recipes. …
French onion soup is a wonderful thing. But, if we’re being honest with ourselves, I think we’d all agree that the best part is that piece of bread on top, soaked with onion soup from beneath and covered with a layer of browned, bubbling cheese. …
The next section on display from The Buslife Kitchen Vol. 2: Recipes from the Road is Italian recipes. The first cookbook also had an Italian section, but Italian cuisine just boasts too many wonderful recipes which are perfectly suited to nomad cooking. Simple ingredients, simple preparations, and amazing food are hallmarks of Italian cuisine, which also happens to be exactly what most nomads are looking for.
This is one of my very oldest recipes, concocted long before I had the first thought of writing a cookbook. This recipe became a mainstay for me back in my college days, when I was super, super broke. There have been a few tweaks to …
It’s day 12 of the Kickstarter, and we are chugging along. As I write this we are at about 42% funding, and we’re exactly 40% of the way through the campaign. There is a long way to go yet, and I hope you’ll find the …
In my first cookbook, one of the sections was family recipes, made up of some of my favorite foods from my childhood. In the time between the first cookbook and the second, something happened which really changed my family: Ayana and I got married. My family grew to encompass a whole new clan of wonderful folks. Continue reading Golden Beet Risotto
I am a real sucker for tiki drinks, and the Blue Hawaii is one of my favorites. It’s relatively simple as far as tiki drinks go, really only requiring one things that you aren’t likely to already have in your regular rotation, blue curacao. This …
I haven’t actually decided on the final order for the sections of the cookbook, so right now we’re just going through in alphabetical order, which means that section number two is Caribbean recipes. Caribbean food is, I think, a deeply underrated collection of cuisines. The …
It’s day 2 of the Kickstarter, and the first day of recipes from the cookbook! Over the 30 days of the crowd-funding campaign I will be giving away one recipe from each section of the book right here on my website. The first section we’re diving into is Brunch, and our first recipe is Pumpkin Spice Latte Overnight Oats. Continue reading Pumpkin Spice Latte Overnight Oats
Hey, y’all! The day is finally here! As of 9:00 this morning, the Kickstarter campaign for The Buslife Kitchen Vol. 2: Recipes from the Road is live! Below you’ll find a draft of the cover and a little bit of information about the book. But …