Recipe Round-up (October 2024)

Recipe Round-up (October 2024)

The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and the first snow of the year is on the way, which means one thing: it is officially soup season. When the weather turns cold, there is nothing better than a warm pot of soup simmering on 

Vietnamese Fried Rice – Com Chien

Vietnamese Fried Rice – Com Chien

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. 

Ragu

Ragu

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 

Dal Makhani

Dal Makhani

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 

Scallops in Brandy Sauce

Scallops in Brandy Sauce

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 

Golden Beet Risotto

Golden Beet Risotto

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 

Pumpkin Spice Latte Overnight Oats

Pumpkin Spice Latte Overnight Oats

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 

Recipe Round-up (June 2024)

Recipe Round-up (June 2024)

This month’s recipe round-up has some seriously good eats in it. Chorizo sandwiches stuffed with cheese, Spanish-inspired tuna patties with a seriously amazing aioli, a flavor-packed Thai green mango salad, and a light and refreshing ginger-glazed tofu bowl featuring probably the best tofu you’ve ever 

Savory Herb and Lemon Yogurt Eggs

Savory Herb and Lemon Yogurt Eggs

Late spring and early summer always make me think of brunch. What’s better than sitting outside on a warm morning, preferably under a shade tree in someone’s garden, enjoying a nice breakfast and maybe a mimosa or two? This dish of fried eggs over a 

Recipe Round-up (May 2024)

Recipe Round-up (May 2024)

In honor of the end of our 3-month Baja excursion, here are a handful of Mexican and Mexican-fusion recipes that I’ve put together in recent months. Before crossing the border into Baja this past February, I was nervous that I might have trouble doing my