i present to you a series of (mostly) cooking disasters i had a couple of weeks ago. it’s bound to happen every once in a while. panko-breaded chicken sandwiches with artichoke tapenade. this would have been delicious were it not for the poor quality of bread. proof that bread can make or break a dish. [...]
sometimes i wonder if i’ll ever tire of east asian food. what if i wake up one morning and my penchant for chap chae, tom yom gung, and mee goreng disappear? oh the horror. until then, i’ll keep on happily cooking it all. these meatballs aren’t exactly authentic vietnamese fare, but they’re tasty, make a [...]
in an effort to hang on to the last vestiges of summer, i’ve been trying to cook as much ‘fresh’ food as possible before all the good produce dissapears from the markets for the year. so i made greek and caribbean food: cheese and sun-dried tomato phyllo rolls couscous with olives and garbanzo beans hot [...]
i don’t normally cook with fish too often, but i have a taste for smoked salmon. so i gave it a go and tried my hand at crepes and i was very pleased with the results: smoked salmon crepes of course i’ve been sticking to my favorite cuisines too: spaghetti all’amatriciana lacy parmesan crisps here’s [...]