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Mohingar
This was a post I started as an entry for the round of Project Food Blog that I didn't advance to - the photo challenge. I had been spending way too much time with my blog at that point so I decided to take a little break. Speaking of which - thanks for all the support... my silence since then has probably just furthered the point that I'm not a dedicated enough blogger to have deserved to win anyway. It was fun regardless, and got me back to actually posting on here. The first time I had Burmese food was about three years ago. My life was forever changed. Continue reading 
Posted in Burmese, Chicken, Recipes/Instruction, Soup
Tagged Burmese, chicken noodle soup, mohingar, noodles, somen, Soup
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Cereal Milk Custard
The first time I had Humphrey Slocombe’s “Secret Breakfast” ice cream I was totally blown away… bourbon and corn flakes? Ridiculous… who would have known? Well Momofuku does a few variations on the corn flake dessert as well… they do ice cream and straight cereal milk to drink at their Milk Bar in New York. Continue reading
Rice Cooker Short Ribs
So I had planned to braise short ribs for my Project Food Blog dinner party but I was a little behind schedule and had to improvise. I’ve always wanted to use my rice cooker to cook something other than rice but always forget about it… I figured it’s the closest thing I have to a pressure cooker so I might as well give it a shot. What did I have to lose? Just a crowd of friends expecting a good dinner… Continue reading
Project Food Blog Round 2 – The Clasics: Seolleongtang
I made it! Round two of Project Food Blog… I guess it turns out there are at least a few people who are interested in hearing about more than just granola and yogurt and how many calories you can cut … Continue reading
Posted in Korean, Recipes/Instruction, Soup
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Szechuan Round 2: Ma Po Tofu
I’m on a roll – two nights in a row! Tonight’s Szechuan dinner was a lot quicker and actually turned out even better than last night’s. It also had a little more of the chili kick I was expecting last … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Recipes/Instruction, Szechuan, Tofu
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Pea Butter
Now that it’s pea season, I thought I’d share my favorite way to use up lots of fresh peas. I’ve actually never tried this with frozen peas but I bet it would be pretty good with those too. It’s one … Continue reading
Making Cheese – Neufchatel
I’ve been wanting to make cheese for a while now. I finally decided to give it a shot last weekend. Since I’ve been working a lot lately with temperamental, sensitive stuff like beer and cured meats and other fermentations, I … Continue reading
Angry Mussels
Lately one of my favorite things to eat has been mussels. For so long I never even gave them a second thought as something I would make at home. Turns out, they are suuuuper stupidly simple and cheap and really … Continue reading
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Smooth Operator
For a long time I refused to even attempt to make smoothies at home because after a few terribly watered down and flavorless attempts I decided it was best left to the masters at Jamba Juice. But, recently I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Experimentation & Discoveries, Fruit, Recipes/Instruction
Tagged fruit, shake, smoothie
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Cobb Salad
Here come the posts. They’ve been piling up for weeks now and I’m just getting around to sorting things out so bear with me. I made this cobb salad a couple weeks ago and it was pretty awesome. The whole … Continue reading
Posted in American, Recipes/Instruction, Salad, Tomato
Tagged cobb, cobb salad, salad
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