entekhabat it appears my post-grad school life is consisting of three things so far: reading whatever i can get my hands on, cooking like a 1950′s sitcom housewife, and researching jobs. i’m halfway through palace of desire, part two of naguib mahfouz’s celebrated cairo trilogy. i spent some time yesterday cooking up dinner:stacked ceasar salad [...]
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khoshmazeh i spent a good deal of this afternoon making dinner, and much to my satisfaction it turned out pretty successful. i went with a southeast asian theme: mango-crab fresh spring rolls with a mint dipping sauce. satay chicken, which was served with jasmine rice. for dessert i tried my hand at fusion cuisine, making [...]
ashpazi this update will consist of what most of my entries are about: food. for mother’s day brunch, i made the following: shrimp purses. next time i’ll use shiu mai wrappers instead of gyoza wrappers. artichoke bread pudding. this was my first time tasting and making a bread pudding. i wasn’t a huge fan (although [...]
happy new year i’m back in california. even the incessant rain can’t dampen my contentment from being back in the bay area. now for what we’ve all been waiting for – pictures from the trip. we shall go in order: bye bye oakland. bye bye bay area. hello virginia. near mount vernon. in alexandria, virginia, [...]
the taste of roses summertime means ice cream and there is no ice cream better than rosewater ice cream, akbar mashti style. sometimes i make it completely handmade, but usually i cheat, using softened vanilla ice cream as a base instead of making the cream in a pot and freezing it. half gallon vanilla ice [...]