Archive for October 11, 2007
Veggie Medley
We’re experiencing our first real week of fall weather in New York, which to me signals an alarm to get to the farmers’ market. The last of the summer vegetables are selling out, and soon it will be a winter of breads, cheeses, meats, potatoes and maybe some greens if we’re lucky. In celebration of a summer of colorful food, and as a sort of “see you till next year”, I made a simple yet veg-tastic meal the other night.
It doesn’t look like much, and to be honest I’ve never really been a big fan of vegetable stir fry, but you really can’t go wrong when you’ve got fresh, local, heirloom ingredients to work with.
Start with some veggies. I used yellow tomatoes, red peppers, a perfectly purple eggplant, half a zucchini and a bunch of spinach. You can really put anything in there though (carrots, peas, beans, let your imagination run wild). The key to making the veggies work is cutting them up. Slice some, chop others – a variation in texture really helps people to pick out different flavors and boosts the overall quality and experience of the meal. (more…)
Toxic Nails (part deux)
As you may recall from one of my recent posts, I’ve been exploring the notion of nail polish as a tool of the devil. In an effort to keep my nails looking pretty without contributing to the ultimate doom of the planet, I ordered a bottle of nail polish from a company called Mad River Science, the producers of Go Natural Nail Polish.
The result:
