i’ve attended so many weddings in the past year that i’m beginning to lose count. this saturday marked number five or six, i think. it seems everyone is getting engaged or married or having children.
not ones to pass up the prospect of a guamanian wedding, dom and i spent the day honoring the newly-married couple [...]
what i’ve been cooking lately:
arancini al ragu (red rice croquettes filled with meat sauce and pecorino)
here’s the recipe for the salad:
3 garlic cloves, chopped
3 anchovy fillets, chopped
large pinch of kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
4 head belgian endive halved lengthwise and cut into thin strips
4 [...]
khaili garmeh
this was a weekend where everyone did their best to stay out of the ridiculously blistering heat. temperatures climbed to the triple digits all over the bay area, and dom and i spent most of the weekend trying to cool off.
first, we made a foray into the city for some lunch.
we had to stop [...]
it’s hot. really hot.
despite the persistent heatwave, i found ways to cool down over the weekend. dom and i spent most of the weekend cooking, but when we were away from the oven, we found time to grab a couple of slurpees and kick around a ball at the park. we watched paradise now (it [...]
yesterday was a day for nostalgia. dom and i spent the day in san francisco, reliving memories through food and sight.
well, we tried to at least. new eritrea was closed, so we headed for straits cafe instead. much to my horror, it’s temprorarily closed and moving to an upscale mall food court (!!!) in the [...]