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 [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2009’
Cheesy Chops
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 [...]
Whining, Dining, Wining: a rant, a salad, and a wine festival.
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 [...]
cinnamon raisin scones + lemon glaze
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!
Sandwiches from mostly scratch.
Mr. Bubbles
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 [...]
Corn cherry scones
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 [...]