From the Kitchen

What I've been cooking. Sharing my thoughts, triumphs, and (mostly) failures.

A bowl of groundnut soup with chicken around a mound of fufu

No. 19New

Groundnut Soup with Fufu

Fufu from scratch, and a mild cyanide scare.

Vibes: Be My LoverLa Bouche

No. 18 · via Food Network

Chicken Marsala

My Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but chicken.

Vibes: 180 SCHOOLYARDErrol Holden

Tofu and broccoli stir-fry with rice on a wooden board

No. 17Original

Spicy Tofu Stir-Fry, Freestyle

1:46 a.m. Function over form.

Vibes: Body TypeBadger, Icona Pop

No. 16 · via Downshiftology

Shakshuka

The post-quals victory breakfast.

Vibes: Summer's EndPhoebe Bridgers, Maria Taylor

A wild rice harvest bowl with roasted squash and greens

No. 15 · via Jar of Lemons

Wild Rice Harvest Bowl & Lemon Tiramisu

Granola-mom food, and it slapped.

Vibes: MonsoonTokio Hotel

Roasted sweet potato and black bean salad in a dark bowl

No. 14

Black Bean & Sweet Potato Salad

A bean skeptic, converted.

Vibes: 3:AM (feat. Erykah Badu)Rapsody

Shrimp tacos with slaw and sriracha on a grey plate

No. 13 · via Delish

Cilantro-Lime Shrimp Tacos

I should eat more shrimp. Noted.

Vibes: HelplessPhillipa Soo, Hamilton cast

No. 12 · via The Mediterranean Dish

Spanakopita

Meant for Easter lunch. Did not survive the night.

Vibes: Telephone NumberJunko Ohashi

Two golden Cornish pasties, one cut open to show the beef filling

No. 11 · via 12 Tomatoes

Cornish Beef Pasties

I hate dough. Look at that crimp though.

Vibes: It Ain't Over 'Til It's OverLenny Kravitz

A green bell pepper stuffed with meat and rice under melted cheese

No. 10 · via Chili Pepper Madness

Classic Stuffed Peppers

Eight Lactaid pills. Worth it.

Vibes: We Belong TogetherMariah Carey

No. 9 · via Tasty

Ratatouille

Japanese eggplant, for symmetry reasons.

Vibes: You're Still The OneShania Twain

Beef tacos topped with pickled carrots, cucumber and cilantro

No. 8 · via HelloFresh

One-Pan Bánh Mì–Style Beef Tacos

As a Viet, slightly appalled. As a foodie, five tacos deep.

Vibes: I've seen ur exflowerovlove

No. 7 · via Rasa Malaysia

Bourbon Peach Cobbler

Finally, a dessert.

Vibes: Dazed & ConfusedGlen Check

A bowl of creamy chicken and gnocchi soup with spinach

No. 6

Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup

No notes. Absolute banger.

Vibes: You and ILÉON

Seared sesame-crusted tuna slices over a lentil and pomegranate salad

No. 5

Lentil Salad & Sesame-Crusted Tuna

A dish told entirely in yes-or-no questions.

Vibes: adore uFred again.., Obongjayar

Shrimp étouffée over a mound of white rice

No. 4

Easy Shrimp Étouffée

One stick of butter. Sorry, Emeril.

Vibes: SofiaClairo

Radiatori pasta in a chunky tomato and mushroom sauce

No. 3

Penne with Chick'n & Mushroom Tomato Sauce

Fake chicken, real opinions.

Vibes: TURiSTABad Bunny

A slice of savory bacon pie on a plate beside the baking dish

No. 2

Impossibly Easy Bacon Pie

First time buying Bisquick. Was genuinely excited about it.

Vibes: HeadachesRaveena

No. 1Original

Aglio e Olio

Garlic, oil, pasta water, and a little restraint with the parsley.

Vibes: 21 GunsGreen Day