Sometimes, I crave me a steak. A juicy beef steak. That’s not an easy thing to find in LA. I have yet to stumble across a butcher. There are carnicerias, but they don’t seem to sell beef steaks. There are supermarkets, but they don’t hang their meat. So we don’t often have steak, unless it’s […]
Has it really been 4 months since I updated this blog? That’s a lot of unreported interesting meals in and out. The events of July escape me, largely because I worked like a dog so I could take time off in August. The story of August will have to wait until I work out where […]
On the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), a spiced orange chocolate and almond cake was produced. Twas tasty but needs further work on texture and serving technique. And the very next day, the cookie monster, not satisfied with the chocolate cake, demanded some plain cookies. I complied.
In search of a half-healthy yet tasty oatmeal cookie recipe. This particular attempt was a result of a modified epicurious recipe for oatmeal cookie sandwiches with nectarine ice cream1. I made one minor but critical change: the addition of lots of orange zest as well as a teaspoon of orange oil. And to (my) half […]
Another epicurious recipe: Mexican Chocolate and Almond Cake. Made modifications to the serving idea since I was taking this to someone else’s house for Cinco de Mayo: replaced sauce and cream with a simple chocolate ganache (1/3cup cream boiled and poured over 2/3 to 1 cup of chopped-up chocolate). There wasn’t quite enough time to […]
After a certain amount of dithering, the food page has been resurrected. With the advent of tags on bloggers, it seems so unnecessary now. But it’s just sitting there doing nothing. I felt sorry for it. So it starts up again with some unfussy Japanese food we cooked or bought in the first week of […]
Some time ago, we realised that we were somewhat cheating at dinner time. While not limited to spagbog, tikka masala or sausage n chips, our cooking was not exactly exciting. Cue the LA Times Book Festival, where Kinokuniya had a stand, and where the top book in the stack above reminded me that Japanese food […]
I was going to discuss the merits of different pizza styles and toppings, but I got side-tracked by the discovery that in Iran, pizzas are now known as elastic loaves (via). So, instead of yet another dull “I made this, then ate it” post, we’ll keep it to just the photo of my very-elastic loaf […]
I can’t be much of an Asian. I’ve never had green chickpeas (garbanzo to the Merkins). But I bought them from Trader Joe’s anyway. They’ve sat in the freezer for the last month. The green peas, broad beans (fava beans to the Merkins) and pre-shelled edamame have all been scoffed, leaving behind these green versions […]
I can’t be much of an Asian. I’ve never had green chickpeas (garbanzo to the Merkins). But I bought them from Trader Joe’s anyway. They’ve sat in the freezer for the last month. The green peas, broad beans (fava beans to the Merkins) and pre-shelled edamame have all been scoffed, leaving behind these green versions […]
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