Sprout & Pea

I can’t take credit for this idea. I came across it on one of my favorite sites, The Kitchn.com. In fact, the post stopped me in my tracks. This pizza crust made out of stringy pota­toes was genius, but I thought it must be com­plex to make. I was mostly intim­i­dated by the giant green potato peeler shown in the recipe and a lack of cash in my pocket to pur­chase one. Deter­mined to make this work, I decided to try my hand at form­ing these angel hair-​​like strands of potato with my sim­ple ol’ juli­enne peeler. Did I get the same effect? No, but close enough! Read more:

Photo By Corey Towers

This post is going up in honor of the lovely print of the above photo that I just received from my friend, Corey. A few months ago after a cold, rainy Light The Night walk over the Brook­lyn Bridge, I stopped off at Corey’s place to warm up and to my delight, to have some unusual and deli­cious snacks.  Corey had recently become addicted to juic­ing so I was excited when our con­ver­sa­tion was sud­denly drowned out by the sound of his beloved juice machine.
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