let’s get fat and sassy
I tried out vodka pasta the other day using fresh ingredients from the farmer’s market! Here’s the recipe I used:
1 quart of roma tomatoes (or 1 can of crushed tomatoes) – a quart was about 8 or 9 tomatoes for me
3-4 cloves of garlic
3/4 cup finely chopped onion or shallots
1/2 cup peas
1 cup vodka
1/2 cup [...]
MUTTON
Okay not really. This is going to be short and sweet.
WHAT YOU NEED:
Pork Chops
Parmesan Cheese (flaked if possible, shredded if not)
Italian Breadcrumbs (homemade or otherwise)
~2 eggs
Salt, pepper, spices as you desire
Canola Oil
This is incredibly easy. First grab three good sized bowls large enough to dredge the chops through. Fill teh first with your parmesan, crack [...]
I typed out the following paragraph and realized keenly that my house is wicked weird. THIS IS HOW WE ROLL.
There is nothing that pisses me off more than having a bad chardonnay, and I had a bad chardonnay this weekend. I thought–”Oh, one cup can go into delicious risotto, and then I’ll drink the rest, [...]
Help I can’t stop baking! This was today’s. I think the sweetness of the glaze balances out the cinnamon well, and I’m also hoping it will help the scones keep a little bit better by keeping them slightly more moist – they’re normally quite disappointing after the first day (although this recipe is unusually flaky [...]
Sandwiches from mostly scratch.
If I had my everything my way, it’d still be summer vacation and Bioshock 2 would already be out. Unfortunately, the world is cruel on both those counts, so to console myself, I made some bubble tea.
Ingredients
For the bubbles
3 tsp sugar
1 cup of tapioca pearls (I used WuFuYuan pearls I bought from GrandMart, and they’re [...]
If you’ve visited Henry and me in Berkeley, we’ve probably dragged you to the Cheese Board a co-op which sells delicious pizza, cheese, and baked goods. They are basically “the bee’s knees.” I recently bought their book which happily includes a recipe for one of my favorite things they have on a semi-regular basis: corn [...]