Cooking, Life, Books and Words — sometimes with recipes.
The new (very slightly modified) rules are here. Current ingredient list is: CoffeeA spiky plant like cactus (nopales!) or nettlesGuavaDragon FruitTurmericAndouille sausageBerriesEggsCherriesVinegarSun-dried tomatoesblack fermented soy beansGibletsPeanut butterApple ciderDaikonBlueberriesCantaloupeCrabPorkSomething you or a friend grewWhite wineSour creamPeachesCheddarMushroomRamen…
Technically speaking, Tomatilla! is a ripe four years old today. In Internet years that is something like 1000 years old! In reality, however, I only really started posting regularly in July of 2003, so you…
Thought you all might like to see the pork results… I ended up cooking it for nine hours and it was simply ‘marinated’ for half an hour in a simple bottled chinese marinade. So how…
It is time for the 20th Paper Chef Event. But this time since it is Paper Chef 20, we are also making it Paper Chef 2.0 – a revised version of the event with an…
It’s hot! The past week daytime highs have all been over 100F and nightime lows have still been mid-70s. We don’t have real air conditioning and at night we open all the windows wide and…
OK – it seems like the majority like the idea of some categories. And it is really flattering to discover that there is a Swedish offshoot of Paper Chef(!) But I also appreciate Magic Tofu‘s…
It’s time to try to get back into the blog again. Looks like Paper Chef kind of fell through the cracks – we have some entries though so I’ll do a roundup in the next…
Thanks to Kevin over at Seriously Good. Really – lots of thanks – I am getting about 5 hours sleep a night and am having to let lots of things slide. Here is the announcement.…
…and into the frying pan with the shortest of detours to rub down with a seafood rub (garlic powder, kosher salt, ground black pepper, lemon zest, herbes de provence). This was a truly delicious supper…
A quick glance down will see that I have been far behind in my posting here. VERY far behind. A careful reading between the lines should show you that the reason is work. But I’m…