Tonight, it was the infamous pirate captain K. Rool’s birthday party. (It was also his birthday party on Tuesday, but one prerogative of a pirate captain is to have as many birthday parties as he desires.) Each guest gave him a present. Two of his presents were a passport and sunscreen, so he decided to […]
All I wanted for my birthday was man-eating cupcakes.
This week on Serious Eats, I get all worked up about: Organic Baby Food Dr. Susanna’s is based in Seattle, and its shtick is international foods. There are currently six flavors. I tried Tokyo Tum Tum and Lullaby Thai; also available are Sweetie Tahiti, Baby Dal, and so on. They’re organic and, according to the […]
You know what night it is? Asian night again! Third time this week. I made Thai beef salad, which is something I hadn’t had in too long. And it made good use of leftovers, even: I had half a seedless cucumber in the fridge and, if you can believe this, a box of kaiware (daikon […]
Sometimes my cooking gets into a Euro-American rut. When I’m feeling lazy, my thoughts turn to burgers, pasta, pan-roasted salmon. Too long without Asian food, however, I get cranky. So I’m going to try to remind myself to cook something Asian at least once a week. Tonight, it was a recipe from Eric Gower’s cookbook […]
