In which there are leftovers. I made aloo matar, carrot raita, and naan for dinner. Even though I halved the naan recipe I still have four or five leftover, so have been surfing for ways to use them. Behold these fancy pizza ideas: – Naan, olives, pesto, red pepper flakes, grilled artichokes, walnuts, chopped parsley, […]
In which Christmas is in two weeks and I finally put up the tree! How is it Christmas in two weeks?! What the fuck, time. Of course, in Minnesota we’d have already lived through two blizzards and weeks of sub-zero temperatures, so the lack of brutal weather makes it sorta feel like it’s earlier in […]
In which I’m already planning next year’s tomatoes! While there is a back yard on the west side of the house so enormous it could support an absolutely giant garden, there’s also a huge shade tree back there, and tall fences, so I’m not really sure about sunlight. Plus, to put a garden in the […]
In which there’s sodium citrate, aka melting salt, in American cheese, so it makes great nacho cheese sauce. You may be a human being who, from time to time, thinks to yourself, “I want some freakin’ nacho cheese sauce.” But when you look up nacho cheese sauce recipes online, they’re all roux-based, which is basically […]
In which I served soup and salad for dinner this evening! The soup is this one, more or less. (I added a carrot and red pepper flakes, used bouillon and water rather than broth, used tomato paste rather than sauce, and winged all the amounts, BUT OTHERWISE, it’s basically that recipe! Yum!) Salads were of […]
In which LEFTOVERS. So I decided to go out for coffee or something. Got dressed, organized my backpack with all my stationery crap and devices, put on shoes… and then couldn’t decide where to go. Realized I was hungry. Sat down at my computer and looked at food delivery and recipes. Finally got so hungry […]
In which there’s a recipe. Another recipe. Yes, this is a recipe blog now. Beans are fucking awesome. And cheap. And delicious and filling. So Make A Pot Of Beans Already 1 lb dry pinto beans 1 onion, peeled 2 jalapenos, slit 2-3 large cloves garlic, peeled 1 bay leaf 1 clove 2 tsp salt […]
…”the soup of Ezo the bride” is an amazingly delicious red lentil and bulgar soup famous in Turkey. Here’s some in a mason jar on the window sill in my office! I brought it for lunch! It’s totally raining outside! (April 16, 2012) Ezogelin çorbası Heat in a stock pan: 1-1/2 T. butter 1-1/2 T. […]
In which I bought an instant camera I don’t need but have coveted for years! It’s here! Good job hitting that 8PM delivery time, USPS! (I don’t know why you offer 8PM delivery, but you do, so, well done.) I already own instant cameras, of course, classic Polaroids of various models, but peel-apart film no […]
…that feeling when you glance over at the griddle and your bread has puffed up into a little steam-filled ovoid. This stuff is so easy and so delicious I don’t understand why it isn’t just a thing that everybody always does. I mean, aside from a piece of naan here and there, how did I […]
