30 June 2010
Profile of a Healthy Eater: Masha
What do macaroons, Stephen Colbert, and protein bars have in common? Read Masha’s awesome profile to find out!
1. What’s your foodie style? Emphasis on vegetables, meat, beans, rice and eggs. I go for simple preparations of high quality, fresh ingredients. Lots of diversity and novelty. I like to cook, and I am constantly trying something new. And Mexican food is definitely home-base for me.
2. Something people consider “healthy” that you think is anything but? Protein bars. Chock full of calories, utterly un-fulfilling. And have you noticed that people rarely actually eat them after a workout?
3. Favorite food/health blog? So many! I get a lot of good food ideas from The Kitchn.
4. Your go-to five-minute meal? Beans and rice. These are usually in my fridge and just need to be nuked. I am likely to add a smidge of cheese, salsa and cut up a tomato. If I have the greens, I might skip the rice and make a salad of it — but then that is more like 7 mins.
5. Perfect last meal? An 8-course gourmet french prix fix menu with wine pairings. Do not f**k around, put yourself in the hands of the experts.
6. Favorite method of cooking and why? Grilling. I like how it amplifies the essential character of the food. Also, easy.
7. Craziest diet you’ve ever tried? Never really tried any crazy diets. I once did a Ramadan fast (no food/drink sunrise to sunset for 14 days) because I had a crush on a boy. That was definitely crazy — but not so much for dietary reasons.
8. Restaurant you’d go to every day if you could? Palace Kitchen in Seattle.
9. Food/dish you’ve always wanted to learn how to cook, but haven’t? Macaroons. What are you going to do with a whole batch of macaroons? In fact, there is a whole class of fancy-pants pastries that I would love to learn to make, but don’t because I’d just end up eating them.
10. Dream dining companion? Stephen Colbert. Doesn’t he seem like someone who knows how to enjoy a good thing?
