For the next couple of days I’m staying with my college friend Ryan in the Chicago “gayborhood” (god I hate portmanteaux). He’s a lactose-intolerant vegetarian, which means he’s a vegan most of the time. I thought it would be nice to thank him for letting me stay at his place by trying my hand at [...]
Posts under ‘Lunch’
Sandwiches!
Sandwiches from mostly scratch.
bacon egg salad
Today I was whining at Karen about how there was no protein in my house besides bacon and eggs (also cheese). She said, “Bacon egg salad!” I said, “What??” Googling pointed us to this, which is not so much a recipe as a brilliant, brilliant idea. It seems vaguely like cheating to put the bacon [...]
Sausage, Peppers and Onions
I have a confession to make: I may be developing a girl crush on Giada De Laurentiis. This is despite all the times I’ve expressed slight fear of her huge, toothy grin and the times I’ve mused over how large her head seems to be on her tiny body. Those elements aside (it also helps [...]
Rosemary Bread sans Rosemary
From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, “I am man!”, our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself. Tonight, we shall bake bread!
Hot & Sour Soup
No more puns, only soup. *sigh*
Salads with sauted things are the best salads.
The caponata from here (a friend recently got Giada de Laurentiis’s cookbook and it was a worthwhile investment in terms of deliciousness) – ingredients I didn’t have on hand (capers, celery) + a bed of arugula with a little olive oil and some crumbled feta = lunch. The next day I made the leftover caponata [...]
Recent bird-related sandwiches I have eaten
I am having trouble coming up with an intro to this post, so screw the formalities. Here are some places I ate at this week past! Gregoire Our apartment is conveniently close to Berkeley’s “Gourmet Ghetto,” where places like Chez Panisse (the one-star-in-Michelin birthplace of “California cuisine”) and the Cheese Board Collective (delicious communist pizza) [...]
Tea Party Breakdown!
I am at Karen and Spanky’s house. There are Street Fighter 4 sounds and egg beater sounds in the background. We have had a Tea Party, limited in size but not limited in scope. We don’t have pictures of our full spread, because food pretty much disappeared when it hit the table. Also, the table [...]
Wasabi & Ginger glazed Salmon
Salmon with Wasabi-Ginger glaze.