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prettygirlfood:

Soy-Mirin Tofu Over Rice with Broccoli and Peanut Sauce

Serves Two

1 Block Extra Firm Tofu, pressed, cut into small squares
1 tbs Canola or Peanut Oil
2 tsp Soy Sauce
2 tsp Mirin
Broccoli, steamed
1 Carrot, peeled and shredded
Peanuts, crushed (optional)
1 Cup Dry Brown Rice

Peanut Dressing
1/4 Cup Peanut Butter
1/4 Cup Water (or coconut milk if you have it!)
1 Tbs Sugar
1 Tbs Soy Sauce
1 Tbs Seasoned Rice Vinegar
1 tsp Hot Chili Oil
1 Pinch Salt

Start cooking your rice. Mix sauce ingredients until smooth (be patient, it’ll look like hell at first) and set aside.

Pan fry tofu in the oil over high heat in a non-stick skillet until browned on both sides. Drain and return to hot pan (turn off the heat). Mix soy sauce and mirin together and pour over tofu, mixing well. It will bubble up and form a light glaze.

Plate rice, add broccoli, tofu, carrot, and crushed peanuts. Drizzle with sauce and serve.

ethnic-perfection:

highyellahippie:

Model: Skye

2013

Styled Taken By Azha Luckman

EP❤

hi! because i love youth work/youth development, part of what i do right now is find really awesome host families for chinese high school students (and of course, i think that the tumblr community is filled with great, dynamic, inclusive folks who could be of help!)

i’m looking for host families from july 8th-july 19th in the philly/south jersey area who would be willing to host a chinese high school student. ASAP. for more info, message me please!

crudamoral:

absolutely exquisite photographs of james baldwin in turkey taken from yes magazine’s spread. inspiring, indeed. what spirited and brilliant soul wants to be my travel buddy and muse? let’s live.

tidingsandthings:

With the bank holiday just around the corner, our minds are drawn to the lovely weather and our gardens.

Here are some creative ways to grow your herbs: top to bottom

• Design Squish
• Ewa in the Garden
• Unknown
• 101 Gardens
• Camille Styles

geordiewood:

This month, in our annual Photo Issue, The FADER is publishing a feature on the epidemic of youth violence in Chicago, photographed by Daniel Shea. It’s no exaggeration to say this has been one of the most fulfilling projects that Daniel and I have ever worked on. 

The feature is live online today. Over the duration of the week four extended edits will be posted along with conversations between Daniel and I.

This essay was a deviation from past photo issues. Instead of publishing preexisting work we decided to commission one large essay with ambitious goals. Our choice to shoot on the ground in Chicago stemmed from the idea that the violent rhetoric that permeates contemporary rap music has a human cost that is too often overlooked. The FADER and many other magazines covering new music feature musicians that propagate cultures of violence (like Chief Keef, who Daniel shot for The FADER’s cover less than a year ago). With the magazine’s audience of young people in mind, we wanted to face that head on. 

What resulted is 16 pages of photographs and a Q&A with veteran Chicago reporter Alex Kotlowitz. We aimed to depict what life in the South Side is like for young people, through individuals affected by violence, those participating in it and the grassroots effort to curb the spread of retaliatory crime which seems to have no end.

I would like to personally thank Daniel, my friend, for his incredible effort and determination working on this project, as well as the staff and publishers of The FADER for believing in it and to the men and women of CeaseFire who opened countless doors for us. Please spread the word and consider donating to their incredible effort.

brklynbreed:

I don’t want to be the love of your life. You need to love life without me. I’m totally fine with you not needing me but preferring me around. That is my definition of perfect. Just desire me and I’ll fall. I’ll fall before that but confirmation that it is mutual makes it so much more real.

HI NEW TUMBLR FOLLOWERS!