For Sunday dinners, we try to make a really big meal in hopes that it will last us several days through the work week ahead. Eating the same meal for three to four days in a row is how we survive the busy school week with two working parents while… read more

I’m food-grieving right now.  My tolerance for carbohydrates has plunged.  I don’t tolerate carbohydrates well because of a condition I have called reactive hypoglycemia.  I recently got further testing done to find the cause of the reactive hypoglycemia (because that’s what naturopaths do — find the cause):  insulin resistance.  Yes,… read more

When I first met my husband in college, he didn’t like Indian food.  I made sure to note that one on my list of why I shouldn’t date him.  “Doesn’t like Indian food.” One trip to the Indian lunch buffet at India Pavilion was all it took to convert him to… read more

I love Indian food so much that my husband and I included it as part of our wedding festivities five and a half years ago.  When our guests RSVP’d, they had to choose “Traditional” or “Indian” fare instead of the usual beef or fish options.  In place of champagne, everyone was… read more

I never had Thai food before coming to Seattle in 2006.  After tasting the amazing flavors (particularly at Pen Thai restaurant in Bothell, WA) of red and green Thai curry, my husband and I started developing our very own Thai curries–completely from scratch. We obtained a recipe passed onto us… read more

When my husband went to the store recently, I told him to pick out a weird squash for me.  I wanted to cook with a new one and I wanted to be surprised!  My husband came home, announcing that he picked out a “gold hubbard.”  Something about the name of this squash makes it… read more