Monthly Archives: August 2011
curried carrot soup with carrot top oil
“Nose to tail” eating is all the rage these days, and with good reason: it is healthier, more sustainable, and more ethical to eat all of the animal, rather than discarding the parts that we don’t like (as David Chang … Continue reading
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green couscous
UPDATE: My mom has some important things to say about vegetarian cookbooks that may or may not have been on the Rossi family cookbook shelf. Here’s what she says (emphasis added): “I want it known that the Moosewood Cookbooks [a … Continue reading
smoked salmon eggs benedict
Earlier this week, some friends and I tried Alton Brown’s smoked salmon method (videos here and here). We ended up with some delicious smoked salmon as well as some bonus smoked mackerel (equally delicious!). I stashed most of our haul … Continue reading
red chile chicken tacos
I’ve been using the hell out of my Goodwill vacuum sealer lately, and have been shopping the sales for meat and fish to portion out and freeze. This is one of my favorite things to do when I have the … Continue reading
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apartment photos
Sarah is doing a series of posts on her blog about our new place! We finally got it all cleaned up last week and have been working on styling it. We still have lots of work to do, but it … Continue reading
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sous-vide flank steak with bourbon-miso cream sauce
I’m going to give you the tl;dr version first: I put a piece of flank steak in some warm water for three hours, and then we ate it. Sounds gross, right? From Sous Vide Flank Steak Sous-vide cooking basically involves … Continue reading
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catfish gumbo
From Gumbo While The Wire will probably always be one of my favorite shows, I have really enjoyed watching Treme, which is created by the same guys who did the Wire and is set in post-Katrina New Orleans. Basically, David … Continue reading
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ramen with greens and honey-sesame pork
[EDIT: I've just switched to using Picasa Web albums and they seem to be cropping my photos into weird squares. Sorry about that. I'm working on it!] I’m always looking for ways to jazz up ramen noodles (here I mean … Continue reading
falafel
First of all, you all need to go check out these awesome pictures of Walter. My recent favorite: OK. With that out of the way, it’s time to talk falafel. In Seattle (and in many other cities, I’m sure) it’s … Continue reading
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