I think I’ve invented the successor to the chocolate chip cookie. Maybe not. But it’s a great variation. Start with a tub of Trader Joe’s Mini Peanut Butter Cups, as featured recently on Candyblog. I liked them more than she did, and I quickly saw the potential of substituting them for chocolate chips. My plan […]
As promised, here’s what Iris and I came up with, pumpkin-wise, for 2006. Iris chose the design. I carved it, which was a major undertaking, although most of the work went into the pumpkin gut-removal. Thanks to the Homestar Runner Halloween Stencils site. Trogdor by day: Trogdor…BY NIGHT:
The controversy thing seems to be working out for me, so I’m going to try another hot-button issue. There is something peculiar about our family. Okay, there are many peculiar things about our family, but I’m going to focus on this: not one of the three of us is overweight, or even close to it. […]
With the help of James Oseland’s book Cradle of Flavor, I have answered a question that’s been bugging me for a long time. Cradle of Flavor is an awesome book about the food of Malaysia, Singapore, and mostly Indonesia. I started by making the cover recipe: chicken satay. I felt a little silly making this […]
Last month I got excited about corn-flavored Pretz, the crunchy Japanese pretzel sticks. Yesterday Iris and I went to Uwajimaya. While we shopped I entertained her by pretending to be the huge dragon hanging from the ceiling and saying things like, “Mmm…I smell roast duck!” Later in the car Iris said she was the dragon, […]
