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Books, vegetables and burek

No pictures of the cake yet – that’s next post, I promise.

I went to the Central Library’s book sale a week ago Friday and picked up some cool books. My favorite is the 1951 edition of Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book, in practically perfect condition! I also got Feasting on Raw Foods, The Southern Heritage Cakes Cookbook, The Vegetarian Epicure (book two), The Complete Book of Pasta and the Dictionary of Gastronomy. All six books only cost me $9:


The next day my friend Ahnah and I went to the Farmer’s Market, which was pretty awesome. I got red potatoes:



Fresh basil:


Dwarf kale:


Zucchini:


Yellow squash:


And purple cauliflower:


Here is a shot of everything together, except for the red potatoes and one bunch of kale, which had already been eaten:


I made a vegan version of burek last week. I have never had real burek, so I don’t know how accurate this is, but it tasted pretty awesome. It’s basically ground ‘meat’ crumbles, onion and spices, sauteed and wrapped in puff pastry, rolled up and brushed with margarine then baked. I ate it with Tofutti sour cream, and it was really good. The Brit even liked it. A lot. (sorry for the crappy picture):


Here’s an inside shot, served up with the red potatoes and some kale from the Farmer’s Market:


The next day I had the leftovers with more garlicky kale, and some mashed purple cauliflower (so good!):


Wedding cake pictures coming soon!

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7 Responses to “Books, vegetables and burek”

  1. Alice (in Veganland) says:
    June 16, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    Purple cauliflower! wow! I’ve never seen that before! It looks beautiful. And the burek looks so really I would swear it’s not vegan ;-)

  2. romina says:
    June 16, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    I want purple cauliflower!!

  3. jessy says:
    June 16, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    hooray for all the glorious farmer’s market loot! everything looks mmmmmmmmm!

  4. Cloudy says:
    June 16, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    I wish I could hire you to be my personal chef…

  5. Bianca says:
    June 17, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Damn you! You’re the reason all the purple cauliflower was gone when I got there! Actually, I should have gone earlier…I knew better.

    I also missed the blueberries…but I’m gonna be there bright and early this Saturday! I did get some green tomatoes and zucchini though. Yum!

    That burek looks sooo freakin’ good. I’ve never even heard of burek. What country is that from? Can’t believe your meat-eating hubbie liked it!

    BTW, are you coming to the veggie BBQ Solstice Party Raw Food Tasting on Friday? I just love how we manage to cram so many themes into one party!

  6. Katy says:
    June 17, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    I’m so jealous of your fresh local produce. It all looks so good!

  7. kindkitchen says:
    June 18, 2008 at 5:10 am

    All of your farmer’s market produce looks beeeautiful!