Eh. Remember that post about the four staple meals in Britain? No? Never mind. Suffice to say, I made my annual allowance of spag bol today. Only it wasn’t spag bol out of a Dolmio jar (let alone Loyd Grossman’s). While looking for inspiration to cook the only mince I dare buy at Ralph’s: ground […]
Not a personal subscriber to the Christian concept of Easter. Full of admiration for those who can give up chocolate for Lent. So, have joined them in a day of gorging on chocolate for no other reason than my love for it. Happy Chocolate Sunday!
Multiple copies of the LA Times were strewn across our apartment floors for a couple of weeks. Perhaps it’s not in good taste to explain why in a food post. At any rate, the food section has provided some inspiration for baking the last few weeks. I’ve not had an upside-down cake for ages; not […]
Best not ask what time I woke up today. I don’t even know that. Been living without a clock since moving in. And my last functional watch died last summer. And my mobile phone has done a strange disappearing act every weekend ever since I was phoned on the morning of my last birthday (a […]
I wouldn’t trust Lloyd Grossman as far as I could chuck him, but I guess he merely adds his face to some the apparently ubiquitous sauce bottles that have sparked some lively debate about the cooking habits of the British. OK, I exaggerate. That sparked an article on the four staple meals the British public […]
I’m always envious of those Martha Stewart types who seem to have it all together. You know, nice home, nice garden, nice kids, good food on the table, nice table settings. And I’ve always suspected that while Martha Stewart herself has a huge operational team to make that happen for her, there really exist real […]
Feeling the heat in LA, both weather- and work-wise. Going through a depressive slump as a result. What’s a girl to do to combat the resulting insomnia when crosswords aren’t doing the trick? Buy some new cookbooks, that’s what! After a particularly cruddy day at work (and I mean this in the literal sense; omg […]
Feeling the heat in LA, both weather- and work-wise. Going through a depressive slump as a result. What’s a girl to do to combat the resulting insomnia when crosswords aren’t doing the trick? Buy some new cookbooks, that’s what! After a particularly cruddy day at work (and I mean this in the literal sense; omg […]
Ce soir j’attends Madeleine. J’aime des madeleines. And they’re surprisingly easy to make. I simply followed the straight-forward recipe from Epicurious.com with a few modifications. Self-raising flour instead of all-purpose flour plus baking powder due to an unfortunate invasion of weevils in our store cupboard. And vanilla extract in place of the much better vanilla […]
Omakase. Trust your Itamae. With instructions courtesy of our friendly and efficient wait staff. (No dipping! Dipping allowed.) Technorati tags: Sushi Sasabune. Cross posted on akatsukieats.
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