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5-Element Kitchen: Chopping into Spring

In the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) 5-element system, spring corresponds to the Wood element. If you think of Wood as bamboo, and not an oak tree, it’s a bit easier to see how wood’s correspondences make sense: the wood element exhibits characteristics

Alexa April 11, 2013 5 Element Kitchen, Macrobiotic, Medicinal Food, Pantry prescription, Pareve, Recipes, vegan, Vegetarian 8 Comments Read more

Falling Back in Love with Whole Grains.

Passover has ended and now I’m liberated from eating matzoh! Welcome back whole grains, breads, legumes and flour, where have you been all my life?! It just so happens that today’s back-to-regular-diet-after-passover-day coincides with an exciting initiative launched by the

Alexa April 3, 2013 Gluten Free, Inspiration, Medicinal Food, Pantry, Pantry prescription, Recipes, Vegetarian, whole grain No Comments Read more

Garlic Love

I am the only person I know who didn’t get sick this winter. Sure I wash my hands frequently, and try to stay hydrated and well-rested, and sure I don’t work around kids, but you know what I think the actual

Alexa March 22, 2013 Kitchen Tips, Medicinal Food, Pantry prescription No Comments Read more

Slow Cooker Congee: To Cook Jook

Living in Queens, there are ample opportunities for culinary inspiration, and dim sum brunch yesterday was merely one of those times. Heading out for dim sum means that there are many steamed buns, dumplings, and fried meat morsels in your future. However,

Alexa March 4, 2013 CSA, Gluten Free, Inspiration, Macrobiotic, Medicinal Food, Pareve, Recipes No Comments Read more

Cool Down Cucumber Seaweed Salad

I’ve been making this salad since I fell in love with a similar one at Souen, a macrobiotic restaurant in Greenwich village during college. Now, 13 (gasp!) years later, knowing more about Chinese medicine and the 5-elements, this salad remains

Alexa July 30, 2012 CSA, Inspiration, Macrobiotic, Medicinal Food, Pantry, vegan, Vegetarian 3 Comments Read more
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