For dinner last night I made Rigatoni Brunelleschi, a grandiosely-named but delicious pasta from The Campagna Table. It’s very simple. You take some beef and braise it in a lot of red wine with some onion and rosemary until it completely falls apart (I helped it along with a potato masher). Then serve it with […]
As I’ve mentioned before, Sara Dickerman once wrote a great series for the Stranger called Pastry Police. I’m not out to duplicate that work, but I want to call your attention to one particular pastry violation that annoyed me today. Like last time, it’s croissant-related. A great many of my daily thoughts are croissant-related. One of […]
As of today, I’m writing a new biweekly column for Culinate called Unexplained Bacon. The gist of the column is that each week I explore some kind of culinary mystery, with the caveat that I’ve been given a special scepter that can dub anything a “mystery”. So, the first case I’ve taken on is: What […]
I’m late on this, but Laurie’s mom sent me the Oregonian’s review of Pok Pok and the Whiskey Soda Lounge. They gave it an A, the equivalent of four stars, and the teaser said, “Portland’s best Thai Food, period.” Congratulations to Andy Ricker and the folks at Pok Pok, who have created the restaurant of […]
Iris has this lift-the-flap book called Daddies Are For Catching Fireflies. One page shows the daddy attempted to repair a broken tricycle: If you say to a Daddy, “It’s broken,” he will try to fix it. But sometimes a Daddy can’t fix it. Tell me about it. A while back I had […]