Laurie has the week off, so I’ve been tackling many important projects. Today, for example, I needed some new socks, so I went downtown and did some writing, got some noodles at Noodle Zone, bought some shirts for Iris, and came home and realized I forgot the socks. Truly I am a productivity maven. For afternoon […]
What’s the difference between a strainer and a colander? I know you’re expecting a hilarious punchline, given the comedic potential of that setup, but actually this is something I’ve always wondered. The fine-mesh bowl with a long handle that’s hanging on my wall is definitely a strainer, and the big perforated stainless-steel bowl gathering dust on […]
I mentioned recently that we had some tasty chipotle meatballs from Rick Bayless’s latest book. It’s just as well that I didn’t link to it, because apparently the recipe in the Times specified two cans of chipotles instead of two chipotles. Ouch. Here’s the corrected recipe, courtesy of the blog Simply Recipes. I highly recommend both […]
Today, Iris and I were playing this game where we fill paper grocery bags with toys and take them to an imaginary destination such as the beach. At one point… Me: Let’s go to Thailand. Iris: Here we are Thailand! Iris want to eat some animal cookies and larb.
Our QFC supermarket is pretty good about free samples. Occasionally they’ve done samples of dry-aged steak or flank steak in kalbi marinade, which is pretty tasty. Sometimes the Aidells sausage rep comes in and offers four different kinds of sausage. Clearly I hang around the meat market a lot. Sometimes they have cookie samples, and […]