Cafe Liz

I have a slight mango obsession. I’ve been stockpiling them. Every week I go to the market, I feel an urge to buy more — regardless of how many are left in our fridge. I must have had about 20 at some point last week. I’m just so excited that they’re both in season and affordable. So, I’ve been forced (oh, the pain) to find creative ways to go through them. A mango a day keeps the doctor away, no? [...]

My friend Kazue is visiting from Japan, and her favorite food here just happens to be hummus. So I whipped up a batch or three. Hummus is quite possibly one of the simplest things to make, full of rich, creamy flavor — so long as you use fresh chickpeas. That canned stuff with the weird metallic aftertaste just isn’t as good. This requires a bit of advance planning, and a lot of passive cooking time. The chickpeas soak overnight, and [...]

As you may have noticed, I’ve been making a lot of ice cream and chilled drinks lately, and not too much of what I’d call “real food.” That’s because the last thing I want to do right now is stand over a hot stove (or worse, turn on the oven). The weather is so hot that I’m feeling rather well cooked as it is. Indeed, (wo)man cannot survive on ice cream and watermelon alone, but we’ll worry about that another [...]