Roasted Sweet Potato Stuffed with Hummus, Roasted Garlic, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

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In creating this, I was trying to make something soft and delicious as I had a wisdom tooth taken out this past weekend and needed soft food. I love sweet potatoes to begin with, but stuffing them with even more vegetables creates a perfect vegetarian meal that is filling, delicious, and nutritious. You can do […]

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Momofuku Noodle Bar: The Best Bowl of Ramen in NYC

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If you don’t know who David Chang is, please go on Netflix right this instant, find a show called The Mind of a Chef and marathon the first season.  After you’ve done that, there is little explaining I need to do as to why Chang’s bowl of ramen is the best you can get in […]

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Travel Food Stories: The Cayman Islands

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The food of the Cayman Islands is as big of a melting pot as its current population, which is roughly 50% “natives” and 50% expats, consisting of people from all over the globe. It is any and all kinds of fusions of world cuisines, mixed in with Caribbean staples such as plantains, conch, seafood, and […]

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Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Rosemary, Garlic and Sriracha Ketchup

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Coming from the Russian motherland, loving potatoes is pretty much programmed into my DNA, so yes, I do in fact, love potatoes. I love sweet potatoes even more because they are nutrient-packed and sweetly-delicious. This particular preparation of them is my favorite, because it takes 30 minutes and produces absolute deliciousness. Also, I am not […]

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An Overture to My Travel Food Experiences

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You see those green parts of the world? That’s where I’ve been. I’d like to start out by showing you the parts of the world I have traveled to up to this point (my tender age of 26). This is simply to provide a point of reference and create context for why I am so […]

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Shakshuka

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I love a big savory breakfast on Saturday morning. I also have a passionate and unrelenting obsession with tomatoes. Put those two together and I get my favorite savory breakfast of all time. I first got a taste of shakshuka, a traditionally North-African dish, in Jaffa, when I was on my Birthright trip in Israel, and I […]

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