I bought Michael Ruhlman’s Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking because I think it will help me become more efficient in the kitchen and because it was recently released in the more affordable paperback (more on where I’ll be getting books next post). Tonight, I went to the cookie dough chapter [...]
It was short-lived, my getting enough sleep before an early day. Instead of just lying there, I cracked open my very own copy of Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan, and it has been a fun read that has awoken a desire in my stomach for noodles and lots of pork. I’ll write more [...]
I said “new food” and NOT “New Moon.” You couldn’t pay me money to watch those movies. What food am I talking about? Roasted parsnips in olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and sage are delicious! Thirty-two years and this is the first time I’ve ever had a parsnip. I’m also cooking some rice in coconut [...]
Here at home, I made some sorrel sauce, chicken stock, and some stir-fired Chinese broccoli. The sauce was from my textbook–On Cooking–and has a nice creamy, tart combination going on. Basically, you cook shallots in butter, add wine and reduce, add cream, throw in the sorrel and spinach, and then blend it. After seasoning with [...]
Rather it’s just wasting time on the internet. Spent some time roasting a chicken carcass that will later be used for stock. Met Norm and Kristi at farmers market today yesterday around 12:30pm and bought a bunch of veggies, and Norm was almost eaten alive by a spider that came out of nowhere. Luckily, I [...]
My dad gave it a shot and liked it. The interesting thing last night was how long it took to cool down. It was out of the oven for two hours, and it was still warm. Was it the cassava or Pyrex dish? Here’s what I used: 2 cups of freshly grated cassava (was packed [...]
First time I’ve ever done that, and I should have planned what to do with it before grating it. I’ll either go with my family’s bibingka or pichi pichi recipes, but I need to check if we have all the ingredients for those Filipino desserts. edit: at 10:04pm, I put my first batch of bibingka [...]
About seven hours ago, I accepted a job offer that I couldn’t be more excited about! It’s going to be a great, challenging learning experience, and it does involve food, thank goodness. I won’t say too much yet except that I can’t sleep, and my alarm is set to ring at 05:00, just four hours [...]
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Posted 30 September 2009
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I believe I saw a ten dollar pizza stone at Target the other day, and I’m going to need one because today I made some basic pizza dough (recipe from my local library’s copy of Joy of Cooking) which is now enjoying a stay in my fridge. A pizza peel materialized the other day in [...]
If you happen to have too much meatloaf in the fridge, then fry it up with some bacon (if you already added it to your meatloaf, then add more…it’s bacon). Add garlic, fresh tomatoes (skin and seeds removed), white wine, cream, black pepper, and mushrooms. Just wing it and don’t measure anything. It works [...]
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Posted 29 July 2009
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My hands were smelling a little funky after making Indian butter chicken for the first time. I’m glad a shower took care of the problem. I should have taken pictures to prove I took the time to make the dish (I even bought herbs for the garam masala instead of the ready made in the [...]
