Most of the time I spend on the web is divided between checking out the crafty persuits of various talented and fashionable women, and ogling the delicious foods that friends, neighbors, former co-workers, and total strangers are cooking up in their kitchens. Lately I’ve been barely able to keep from drooling over Mel’s scrumptious-looking Miami creations, even the ones that contain meat, and especially the ones that contain coffee ice cream and Oreos.

Above is a photo of a recent dinner Dan and I cooked up. From top left, all homemade:

- Grilled marinated tofu
- Spring mix salad with dried cranberries, toasted almonds, and red onion
- Pita bread
- Hummus
- Houriya (spiced carrot salad) with feta and olives

Though I don’t post about it too frequently, I love to cook, and I eat dinner at home probably about ninety percent of the year. Dan, too, has some cooking prowess, most importantly a skill for homemade pasta and, now, home-brewed beer. (And it certainly helps that there’s only one good restaurant within 100 miles of where we live.)

Last night we had a crazy, cross-cultural melange of spicy goodness, topped off with Dan’s excellent homebrew ale.

- Jerk tofu
- CSA pink beans with mexican oregano and jalapeno
- Spicy papaya and daikon salsa
- Brown rice
- CSA Swiss chard sauteed with garlic and pepper flakes