Wow, I haven’t written anything here since my last Medium post. I sense a new trend! Not really. I almost wrote a thing about One Star App Review Gate (kill me for saying that; I mean the stupid -gate suffix ironically, in case it wasn’t clear). But then I didn’t. So here’s my latest Medium… Continue reading My second piece for Medium
Category: food
PAX recs for out-of-towners
Here are my PAX 2012 tips for out-of-towners, since I found myself giving them verbally to many people. Hope they’re useful! Stay sane, well hydrated and fed, and above all enjoy your PAX experience. And wash your damn hands! CLOSE • Noc Noc (Goth-ish bar) for drinks. Try the chili; surprisingly edible. • Cupcake Royale… Continue reading PAX recs for out-of-towners
Maple walnut ice cream (no chunks!)
The other day I tasked my husband with buying “Organic Grade B Maple Syrup, but only if you can find it for cheap,” and he came home with this enormous jug for something like $12. Yahtzee! Clearly, I needed to use it for everything. Including ice cream. But while maple walnut was the first obvious… Continue reading Maple walnut ice cream (no chunks!)
Banana nut bread
I made my first-ever banana bread this weekend, since we had two squishy-soft fruits that my terrible no good very bad husband failed to eat in their prime. I loosely based it off this recipe, which had completely insane faults like directions that didn’t match the ingredients (with a note that said so) but I… Continue reading Banana nut bread
Leftovers, sweet leftovers
In addition to, you know, eating nothing but turkey and stuffing for like a week, we had a few other leftovers to contend with in terms of ingredients aftermath. I had asked Grant to pick up buttermilk even though I don’t think I actually used it for any of my recipes, and I also had… Continue reading Leftovers, sweet leftovers
Thanksgiving 2010
I decided to host Thanksgiving this year with my mum, hubby and five friends — this would be the first time we cooked for anyone else since our July wedding! Eek! It was a wonderful affair, though — I got to use literally every single wedding/engagement gift we had received, and all the foods turned… Continue reading Thanksgiving 2010
I am so smart… S-M-R-T…
Q: What the heck do you use to muddle sliced fruit into a giant pitcher of sangrÃa, whose surface area is too large for any standard mojito muddler?
Humans love wheatgrass too!
A bunch of my coworkers have been sick lately, and I started to feel like I was coming down with something last Thursday and Friday. I was very determined not to let myself fall ill yet again this year, as I had had quite enough illness with that bout of mono that caused me to… Continue reading Humans love wheatgrass too!
Holiday Recipes
Found this recipe card on my fridge this weekend, written in Jen’s handwriting. Very mysterious. Copied verbatim. Recipe #1 1 c peanuts (chopped) 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/4 c vegetable oil 2 large lobsters 1/2 head lettuce 1 bowl raspberry JELLO 1/2 c sugar 1/2 c Tabasco Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir for… Continue reading Holiday Recipes
Prosciutto & Fig Primo at Pagliacci
I’ve never been a huge fig person before — not because I don’t like them, per se, but more because I have no idea whether I like them or not. I guess they don’t seem to have a particularly distinctive flavor, at least according to my palate. I know they’re all the rage with foodies,… Continue reading Prosciutto & Fig Primo at Pagliacci