fiveandspice

  

Fiveandspice is a Boston-based food policy grad student and nutritionist who happens to love butter and cream (a.k.a. everyone's favorite nutritionist). Her username and blog of the same name stem from this moderate stance on nutrition: she encourages cooking with products that have no more than 5 ingredients, and adding your own spice!

Though she entered her first recipe less than two months ago, fiveandspice has quickly become a fixture on food52, diligently testing recipes for our weekly Editors' Picks and earning a few of her own (see her Chocolate Cherry Fool, Lemon Cream Roast Salmon with Whipped Parsnips and Pork Torta).

She's also responsible for the beauty you see above: Grilled Bread with Thyme Pesto and Preserved Lemon Cream  -- the runner-up for the contest for Your Best Use of Lemon, Thyme and a Grill that was so good we had to squeeze into the food52 cookbook as one final Wildcard. See fiveandspice's profile page and fan her here.

Read fiveandspice's profile Q&A below:

What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
ants, or Norwegian "old cheese", or some Japanese foods I wasn't sure what were

What do you cook when home alone?
Emily surprise!

Your most treasured kitchen possession:
my lefse making equipment

Your ideal meal:
An amazing cheeseburger with caramelized onions, sweet potato fries, and salad with a microbrew beer and ice cream sundaes or pie to finish

Something you'd like a chance to eat or cook:
croissants from scratch

The number of bottles of wine you own:
1

The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
about 8

Kitchen pet peeve:
not cleaning as you go along

Your favorite cookbook:
The Best Recipes or Slow Mediterranean Cookbook