Two women of color sharing our love of food, friendship & culture
It’s kumquat season here in Los Angeles! Kumquat Marmalade is the perfect thing to combat an overabundance of citrus. The season begins in January and ends around April. I have a little Nagami kumquat tree in my garden but our friends are blessed with more fruit than they know what to do with. We decided to make a batch of…
This week is Dr. Jessica B Harris’ birthday. We are enormous fans of her work! Fabienne brought her book “My Soul Looks Back” to Buy the Book which we previously posted. She is a renowned food historian and author of twelve critically acclaimed books documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora. She was inducted into the James Beard…
Once a year we attend a school fundraiser, called Buy the Book. We’ve gone for the past 11 years and it’s our favorite school event to attend. You bring your favorite book and share why you love it, all the guests exchange books, in the style of a Dirty Santa swap. I brought “My Soul Looks Back” by Jessica B….
Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Cloud Cake is my family’s favorite chocolate dessert and easy enough to make midweek. Everyone loves a homemade dessert although personally, Karis and I would prefer a bag of salt and vinegar chips! It’s always nice to have a tried and true dessert in your back pocket. I first discovered it in Nigella Lawson’s book “Nigella Bites.”…
Saturday morning we decided to seek out a new farmers market. We got in the car and drove to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Farmers Market produced by SeeLA. It has a modest selection of produce, handcrafted goods and food vendors. We also discovered that Govind Armstrong’s restaurant Post and Beam is a stones throw away from the market. We see a brunch…
One of the great things about living in Southern California is the abundance of citrus in the winter. Every year we get a bounty of lemons. Preserved lemons are a pantry staple of many North African, Middle Eastern and Indian kitchens. You can buy preserved lemons at Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, but DON’T! Homemade preserved lemons have a complexity…
