Picstitch(9)It's been a little quiet here this week as I've adjusted back to daily life without my husband or my mother around or a huge garden for Hugo to get lost in. I keep staring at my very tan feet on the white tiled floors of my kitchen here and thinking they should still be sunk into the soft Adriatic sand. Yep, both Max and I could have used a little more time down south, but I'm hoping to be back in the swing of things next week.

In the meantime, I wanted to make sure you know that as of Monday, Google Reader's service will cease to exist, so if that's how you read this site, it's time to move to another reader! Feedly and bloglovin' will migrate your links directly from Google Reader easily. You can also subscribe to the site by email (see the last item in my navigation bar up there) so that posts are mailed to you. Or click on the RSS Feed for other options.

Elsewhere,

The delightful Fany Gerson talks about her doughnut shop Dough. Just try to watch this without craving a doughnut (or three) by the end.

Whatever you do, don't call this black bean purée hummus.

An update on rebuilding Chez Panisse after the fire.

Have you ever roasted bulgur for your tabbouleh?

Loved this grilled vegetable manifesto.

Swift and splendid apricot jam.

Not only does this easy Taiwanese meal look delectable, but she cooks eggplant in her rice cooker! Mind, blown.

And finally, since I'm feeling a little homesick for Italy, this lovely post.

Have a great weekend!

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17 responses to “Friday Link Love”

  1. Caroline Avatar

    Thank you for posting the article about Chez Panisse!

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  2. Kim Andrews Avatar
    Kim Andrews

    Hi Luisa! Love your blog! Do you have a recipe for the pretzel croissant? I love both, pretzels and croissants, and that looked so good. Would love to try to make them if you have the recipe.

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  3. Luisa Avatar

    I don’t, but check out this very entertaining post about them with a recipe: http://heavytable.com/pretzel-croissants/

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  4. Amy Avatar

    Ahh it’s always tough to readjust after being in paradise, isn’t it? 🙂
    And nice links– I liked the “this is not hummus” one. I get so annoyed how everything is suddenly a variation on hummus just because it gets pureed!

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  5. JackieD Avatar
    JackieD

    Irrelevant to today’s post:
    Just (started and)finished your book.
    ….whew….
    It’s was such a wonderful read (are you sick of hearing that yet?), and I realized through remembering your posts from those most difficult times that I have been following you for over 4 years now. I’d never have guessed it had been that long!
    I hadn’t even met my fiance when I started reading your blog. I hadn’t even graduated (for the second time around) from college. Hadn’t moved and started my (true) career. It made me realize that this (this writer:audience thing) is, truly, a relationship. You’ve influenced my daily cooking (roasted broccoli and shrimp, thai-spiced soup) and taken me on travels. Shared your insights and joys and pain. You are a friend to all of us readers and I hadn’t really realized before how enduring and important that relationship might actually end up being.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Cheryl Avatar

    Hi Luisa,
    Thanks for the link to my not-hummus post. It’s thrilling to be recognized like this on your site! I look forward to checking out your other links as well.
    Warmly,
    Cheryl

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  7. Sarah Avatar

    Hi Luisa,
    Thank-you so much for linking to my blog! It made my blog hits go through the roof! Cooking extra things in the rice cooker with the rice is such a great idea – try thin slices of pork belly with the eggplant, also delicious! 🙂
    xox Sarah

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  8. Luisa Avatar

    That sounds so good. I need more inspiration for my rice cooker! Love it so much.

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  9. Luisa Avatar

    I will never ever (EVER) get sick of hearing that! Thank you so much – both for reading the site and the book, and for such a wonderful, thoughtful, heartfelt comment. I would have never thought, when I started the blog, that this incredible relationship with all you readers and commenters would grow out of it, but that’s the thing that keeps me going 8 years later, hands down, no contest.

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  10. Sally Avatar
    Sally

    The piece about hummus was linked to in another blog yesterday. I burst out laughing when I read it. In April, 2006 I read an article in Saveur by Alia Yunis called “The World of Hummus.” In it she wrote:
    “When my brother married a sweet Polish-American girl named Rachel, my Arab-American mother held her breath. When they named one of their sons after a baseball hero rather than my father, my mother held her tongue. But when my sister-in-law proudly served “black bean hummus” at a family party, my mother let it all out. “Hummus with black beans?” she said. “Why do Americans have to mix everything up until you can’t even tell what is what? Hummus is just hummus.”
    She went on to say that Arab-Americans feel about what Americans have done to hummus as Italians feel about what we’ve done to pizza, the Japanese feel about what we’ve done to sushi, and Mexicans who would say that Velveeta on tortilla chips is not nachos.
    Yunis closed with this: ” In the short time since hummus was introduced in America, hummus has evolved more in this country than it did during its whole, centuries-long history in the Middle East. Maybe that’s a testament to American innovativeness. And maybe the reason hummus never changes in the Middle East is that food traditions there serve as an anchor, especially when the world outside the kitchen is less than stable. I’m sure that’s why my mother wouldn’t admit to liking black bean hummus. Sometimes you don’t want to give in to chance. An unexpected daughter-in-law is one thing, but hummus without chickpeas is just too much.”
    She might be onto something.
    She gave a recipe for hummus that is the best I’ve made as well as a recipe for pita bread (which I’ve not tried — yet).

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  11. Denise | Chez Danisse Avatar

    I’ll definitely be trying this grill method with vegetables. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  12. Tara Avatar
    Tara

    Hello Luisa:
    I love your blog and book and I’m finally making it to Berlin myself in about two weeks (I grew up in Germany, but somehow never made it there!). I was wondering if you could recommend a few good blogs/sites about Berlin that might help me plan my four-day stay there–besides your own, of course! I will be in Essen, Germany for the rest of the visit seeing family.
    Thank you!
    -Tara

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  13. Luisa Avatar

    I have a whole bunch of Berlin blogs in the blogroll over at Berlin on a Platter, feel free to check them out. For food, definitely visit Foodie in Berlin, http://foodieinberlin.com/.

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  14. Food Concessions Avatar

    Hi Luisa,
    i am happy to have found your blog. I must confess that I love your recipes here and they will make a good cook of me. I am sharing this with my friends and you have just added another to your audience. I hope you had a great July 4th? Pls keep posting.
    Ben

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  15. Tara Avatar
    Tara

    Hi Luisa: Awesome! Thank you!

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  16. Catherine Avatar
    Catherine

    I’m so confused about subscribing by email. Every time I click on that link it takes me to FeedBurner and then does strange things and, to cut a long story short, still no subscription by email. I don’t understand what FeedBurner has to do with subscribing by email? Am I being really dense? I keep trying to subscribe every couple of weeks or so and then give up, but DAMN IT ALL the time has come to actually fix this so I get your posts straight to my inbox! Can you help?
    Catherine

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  17. Jensen Mott Avatar

    I love your blog! It’s so fun to read and you keep it interesting. I am in a technical college in Kansas City to become a chef. Last week, they gave us our chef uniforms. I felt so official! Keep up the great work because I really enjoy it.

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