I have to be honest with you here: I used to really dislike cranberry sauce. Like yams with marshmallows, it was one of the few hallmarks of Thanksgiving that I never came to fully embrace. It probably didn’t help that the only cranberry sauce I’d ever tried was a gelatinous mass out of a can. [...]
I discovered the joys of Torani syrup when I was a kid, gleefully mixing it with club soda to make Italian sodas. I’ve since learned to make the grownup version, and with homemade syrup. Feel free to play around with the flavors, and since I had a bunch of Iranian mint and green tea lying [...]
i’m a little late on the persian new year wishes, but happy noruz nevertheless! i’ve been so busy this week that i’ve neglected my blog (again).
but i have been cooking:
chilled udon noodle salad
wakame and turkey potstickers
tofu-stuffed shiitake mushrooms
soy-simmered soybeans with vegetables
picked red radishes
chicken donburi
my weekend involved vietamese egg noodle soup, a spike lee movie, a [...]