Bowled Over by Nordic Nicoise
A Nordic Nicoise bowl to cozy up to.
I sometimes chuckle that avocado toast has become a thing.
Really? Ripe avocado smeared on bread — haven’t we been eating it for ages? Why did it all of a sudden become a hip thing to nosh?
Same with food in bowls. Have we not piled food in bowls to dig into since we can remember?
Still, I can see why both appeal. There is something comforting about them. There’s the flex factor, in that you can put most any ingredients together on that toast or in that bowl, and come away with it being pretty tasty. There’s also something exciting yet satisfying in the fact that every bite is a little bit different from the last.
Bay Area food writer Molly Watson has captured that irresistible attraction in her new cookbook, “Bowls!” (Chronicle Books), of which I received a review copy.