Ingredients (serves two) For the chutney: 6 fresh apricots, stone removed and roughly chopped 2 shallots, peeled and chopped 2 teaspoons of ground coriander seed 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 4 tablespoons of sherry vinegar or lemon juice 1/3 cup of brown sugar 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce (or to taste) 2 [...]

Rice and beans with fried plantains The Canadian Council of the Blind has published a fundraising cookbook, Kitchens of the World, which features 200+ recipes and photographs from around the world.  A couple of my photos (including the one above) appear in the Haiti and Domincan Republic chapters.  The book is available online as a [...]

Pickled herring, boiled potatoes and kale.  Mmm.

Ignite Phoenix 4 16 June 2009 at the Tempe Center for the Arts Let’s Grow Up! : Food Security in Urban Phoenix Nicholas DiBiase (@hepnova on Twitter) is a producer for Hepnova. Description: The upshot : Improve food and nutritional security for Phoenix through radically simplified urban agronomy. Let’s promote community health and self-reliance by [...]

Magic Curry Kart guy (above) had a Burning Man fundraiser at the Bryant Street Sports Basement today.  I went and had a tofu red curry (below).  Five bucks for a take-out container of curry on rice.  The vegetables tasted fresh and the price was right.  I like the extra touch of cutting the carrots into [...]