Author Archives: Emily Wasserman

About Emily Wasserman

Bonjour! My name is Emily and I'm a writer based in St. Louis. I'm also a home baker with a small business, Amélie Bakery. I'm a self-proclaimed Francophile and love French pastries and baking.

Chilaquiles

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

I had a bunch of corn tortillas leftover from making enchiladas the other night, so I decided to use them to make chilaquiles for dinner yesterday. I thought that I’d made chilaquiles before, but as it turns out, I hadn’t. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Uncategorized, Vegetarian | Tagged avocado, chilaquiles, chips, cilantro, corn tortillas, dinner, egg, mexican, Mexican food, onion, queso, queso fresco, tortilla, vegetarian, vegetarian dinner | Leave a comment

Chia Pudding Jar with Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

I’ve been really into breakfasts that involve layers. I also like the kind that involve overnight prep so there’s less for me to do in the morning. I started this jar last night so today, all I had to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Uncategorized, Vegetarian | Tagged banana, blueberry, breakfast in a jar, breakfast jar, chia pudding, chia pudding jar, chia seeds, coconut, fruit, granola, healthy breakfast, kiwi, smoothie, smoothies, strawberry, strawberry banana smoothie, vegetarian | Leave a comment

Roasted Corn Enchiladas

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

Every year around this time, I crave roasted corn enchiladas. I can trace it back to spring 2013, when I first made this dish. My friend Stephanie and I wanted a study break during grad school so we decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Uncategorized, Vegetarian | Tagged corn, enchilada, enchiladas, mexican, Mexican food, queso, roasted corn, roasted corn enchiladas, spicy, tradition | 1 Comment

Pizza Break: Pizzeoli

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

Ever since I moved back to St. Louis, I’ve been hearing about Pizzeoli. A local food publication ran an article about them semi-recently saying that the owner takes Neapolitan pizza pie-making very seriously. I like people who are dedicated to … Continue reading →

Posted in Pizza Break, Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged delicious, dining out, local dining, local food, Neapolitan, Neapolitan pizza, pizza, Pizza Break, pizza night, restaurants, Soulard, Soulard St. Louis, St. Louis, vegetarian | 1 Comment

Spinach Salad with Port Salut and Sour Cherries

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

I’ve been talking to you a lot about ice cream and hot dogs lately, so I decided to tell you about this salad. I was having a bad day earlier this week and I realized that, on top of everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Uncategorized, Vegetarian | Tagged almond, almonds, cheese, easy recipe, easy recipes, French cheese, lunch, microgreens, Port Salut, quick dinner, red clover, salad, sour cherries, sour cherry, Spinach, spinach salad, vegetarian, vegetarian dinner, vegetarian lunch | 2 Comments

Hot Dogs: It’s Complicated

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

I have a complicated relationship to hot dogs. It all started about twenty five years ago when I ate one for the first time. I immediately fell in love. I loved the way the skin on the hot dog snapped … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged food, food essay, food journey, hot dog, hot dogs, lunch, meat, St. Louis food, vegetarian | Leave a comment

Porridge with Local Strawberry Rhubarb Jam and Lemon Crème Fraîche

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

This porridge was almost toast, but I’m so happy that it wasn’t. I bought some crème fraîche on Sunday and I was thinking of spreading it on toast and topping it with strawberry rhubarb jam that I bought in Ste. Geneviève … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Uncategorized, Vegetarian | Tagged breakfast, creme fraiche, jam, local food, oatmeal, porridge, rolled oats, strawberry rhubarb jam, strawberry rhubarb preserves | 2 Comments

Green Spirulina Smoothie Bowl

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

I’ve wanted to make a spirulina smoothie bowl for a year. I kept seeing pictures of bright green bowls on Instagram and I wondered how they turned that color. Then, I read through captions and realized that people were using … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Smoothie Bowls, Uncategorized, Vegetarian | Tagged blackberry, food art, freeze-dried raspberries, green, green smoothie, green smoothie bowl, healthy, healthy breakfast, kiwi, smoothie bowl, Smoothie Bowls, smoothies, spirulina, vegetarian | Leave a comment

Taum Sauk Mountain and Arcadia Valley

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

The summer before my freshman year of high school, I went to sleep away camp in a tiny town next to Taum Sauk Mountain in southern Missouri’s Arcadia Valley. I didn’t appreciate nature as much then, so the highlight of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized | Tagged Arcadia, Arcadia Valley, BLT, frozen custard, hiking, Ice Cream, lunch, Missouri, Restaurant Reviews, road trip, roadtrip, Southern Missouri, Taum Sauk, Taum Sauk Mountain, Thee Abbey Kitchen | Leave a comment

Vicia

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Emily Wasserman

Last night, I met my friend Emma for dinner at Vicia. I’d already been there once before for lunch a month ago, right after they opened. But their dinner menu looked more involved, so I wanted to go back for … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Berkshire pork, dessert, dining out, dinner, fine dining, goose eggs, lemon verbena, local, local food, local ingredients, organic, organic food, panna cotta, pork loin, St. Louis, St. Louis dining, St. Louis restaurants, Vicia, wheat berry | 1 Comment