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Posts from ‘December, 2009’

As in “happy as a”

Here are some facts about clams:

They are delicious! While they steam they emit this stunningly tasty broth. Look into it.
They are cheap, esp. for seafood! $5/lb is the price for Manila clams down at the Berkeley Bowl, and that is definitely enough to feed two people.
When you buy them… they are STILL ALIVE. Creepy, eh?

This [...]

Café Zuni chicken dinner and poached pears

The other day I made my very first “real” chicken dinner. I had been meaning to try this recipe for roast chicken, but I didn’t want it to suck and then leave my three roommates hungry. They’re all back in snowy Virginia now, so I thought it would be a good time to try.
The recipe [...]

Merry Christmas cookies

Christmas (and Hanukkah) cookies! I might have gone a bit overboard with the dinosaur cookie cutter.

Beer Battered Fish

Sometimes you just want something fried in delicious oil.  That is how I felt last night when deciding on how to make dinner without having to go get more ingredients from the store.  Luckily, I had some frozen fish (the basa swai variety), flour (that Jo had spilled yeast into, but it makes no difference [...]