Colorful recipes with seasonal food
If you are doing low carb or keto then you know noodles tend to be off the menu. I found these great konjac noodles that work as a sub in most recipes that have zero net carbs. Yes, the texture is a little weird…to me anyway…. they are far chewier than “normal” noodles. But…
I don’t know why I have never thought to attempt a savory french toast until now. I know “regular” French toast is delicious and doesn’t really need any improving BUT making it savory is just brilliant. This version is a popular Indian toast that I discovered while searching Pinterest for some ideas. Sue and I…
We decided to call these hearty brunch bowls but they work equally as well for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Potatoes, bacon, and eggs are pretty much the trifecta of deliciousness. The Little Potato Company ran a recipe contest where they were looking for 30 minute meals using their little potatoes. I entered this recipe (didn’t…
When I first found out that the summer collaboration star ingredient was going to be tomatoes, I envisioned a really photogenic heirloom tomato pizza or shakshuka, but the more I thought about it, the more my mind kept going back to this homely, homey dish. It will never win awards for its looks, but it’s…
I already had a trip to France and Italy planned when I found out I would need to be in Madrid the following week for work. So after some quick thinking and planning, I managed to extend my time in Europe for another week and head out to Madrid a few days early before the…
I was so excited when I received an electric bubble waffle maker from my brother and sister-in-law for my birthday last year. I had visions of making the eggettes I used to get from NYC’s Chinatown and SF’s Genki and maybe even making a puffle cone a la Cauldron Ice Cream or Monkey King Tea…
I got to go to Bangkok for a meeting last week and went a day early so I could explore the city a bit on my own first. Besides visiting the temples, enjoying the view and drinks at Sky Bar, shopping at Siam Paragon, and getting massages for 270 baht ($7.50!) an hour, I also…
When I go to a Thai restaurant I usually order pad see ew or pad woon sen, but every once in a while I’m in the mood for something a little spicier, and for that I turn to drunken noodles, or pad kee mao. According to the menu at my favorite Thai restaurant, Pepper Sky’s,…
I know, I know, it’s almost blasphemy to make 蚵仔煎 (pronounced “uh-ah-jian” in Taiwanese) without the oysters, but honestly, the oysters are my least favorite part of this dish. I love the blend of crispy and gelatinous textures from the sweet potato flour batter, the fried egg that holds it all together, and the tangy…
A few weeks ago I got this delightful e-mail from my friend Lyh-Rhen asking if I wanted to buy any eggs hatched by the chickens from his farm. Boy, did I ever! I love looking at all the pictures of the flowers that Fivefork Farms grows, but I travel way too much to justify joining…
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I’ve been wanting to make my own squid ink pasta ever since I first had it in Venice, so I was pretty excited when I finally found some squid ink at DiLaurenti on my last trip to Seattle. It came in these little pricey packets, but a little goes a long way. I pretty much…
I had three egg yolks left over from making the matcha financiers, so it was perfect timing that I came across this recipe which needed 3 egg yolks (plus 1 whole egg) for making homemade pasta. I’ve posted about making pasta before, but even then I commented on how it didn’t look like the homemade…
If you’re looking for something special to make this Valentine’s Day, here’s a tutorial on how to make heart-shaped tamago without using any heart-shaped tools! Even though it might look complicated, if you can make scrambled eggs, you can make these. They would also be great for a Mother’s Day breakfast in bed or just…
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I’m going to admit right off that I’ve never been to Burma, and I don’t think I’ve even had these noodles at a restaurant before so I’m not entirely sure what it’s supposed to taste like, but when I saw this recipe for Burmese Noodle Bowl on Food52, I knew I had to try it. …
Most homemade ice cream recipes call for using egg yolks to reduce the iciness and increase the body of the ice cream since most consumer ice cream machines can’t produce the same texture of commercially produced ice creams. Then Jeni Britton Bauer came along with her genius eggless ice cream base that used cornstarch to…
I had shakshuka for the first time in Israel, so when I decided to make dinner for some friends who had just returned from there, it was the first thing I thought of to make. It’s basically eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce, and I posted a pizza version of it before. Shakshuka is…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Confession: I don’t really know anything about Cinco de Mayo except that it’s the day after Star Wars Day and is Mexican in origin. But that’s enough for me to know that I can post about chilaquiles, the best thing I ate in Mexico. I didn’t really expect the breakfast buffet…
I’ve been traveling for work a lot recently, and while I definitely can’t complain about being able to expense all my meals, sometimes I just want something simple. Comforting. That I made myself. This morning I woke up and had a craving for dan bing, a Taiwanese breakfast dish that’s basically a thin crepe with…
Last week I received a head of cabbage in my Boston Organics delivery and didn’t really know what to do with it until I remembered that it’s a main ingredient in okonomiyaki. I’d never had it before, so I’m not sure if what I made is particularly authentic or not, but it’s a perfectly delicious…
You’d think grilled cheese would be an incredibly easy thing to make, but I still remember the first time I ever tried to make one (I think I was 12 or 13) I thought I could just put a piece of American cheese between two slices of bread and toast that in the toaster oven…
