the chili and cornbread that i set out to make a couple of weeks ago would have been perfect were it not already approaching summer. as satisfying as a bowl of hearty soup and bread can be, the last thing you want to do is eat it in balmy weather.
in any case, i did just [...]
peruvian cuisine, anthony bourdain, dogs galore, and hookah. a long weekend doesn’t get any better than that. dom and i started off friday night in the city, stopping at fresca to dine on lomo saltado. (easily among the top ten dishes. of all time. ever.) we hurried over to japantown afterwards to catch a movie, [...]
grilling is one of my favorite methods to cook by, but i’ve never quite learned how to do it on my own – it seems there are a million methods on the best way to light and keep a flame going for the right amount of time and temperature. usually, i save my grilling recipes [...]
i know citruses are generally winter fruits, but i tend to associate them with warmer weather. maybe that’s why lately i’ve been cooking a lot with lemon and lime. they’re the perfect answer to sunny days that beg for something colorful, light and fresh-tasting. and it certainly doesn’t hurt when they’re asian-inspired dishes, either:
drunken noodles
shrimp [...]
a few months ago marked the first time i cooked with chipotle peppers. it was more or less a disaster, and i’ve stayed away from the ingredient since.
until now. i tried them out again with some apprehension in a huevos rancheros recipe. it turns out there was no need to be nervous; the chipotles added [...]