First of all, isn’t Mr. Clean an awesome corporate mascot? Like, I’m sure there are plenty of wacky mascots today, but they’re deliberately wacky. Although I just looked, and apparently Mr. Clean no longer wears an earring. Plus, the original Mr. Clean died this month at 92. Anyway, In the same vein as my recent post […]
Today on Serious Eats: Cooking With Kids: Edible Cats for Halloween “My corporate overlords at Serious Eats have demanded a Halloween post,” I told my daughter, Iris, 4. “What’s something we could make together to eat for Halloween?” “How about an edible cat?” she replied. “That sounds hard.” […]
A book website will be launching soon, so you don’t have to read book-related minutiae here and can stick to my observations on flank steak and the like. Many people have asked me whether I’ll be selling the book directly. I won’t. Any way you buy the book will make me equally (very) happy. If you […]
I write a lot about Asian food, and to facilitate this tasty pursuit, I maintain a shelf of reference books. These aren’t necessarily the most useful books in the kitchen (though frequently they are), but they’re the best when, for example, I want to know more about Sichuanese pickled chiles. Southeast Asian (general): Hot Sour Salty […]
Last night I leapt up from the couch and turned a stick of butter into clarified butter. I mean, I didn’t just wave a wand, although that would be a cool superpower. I went to the stove, melted some butter, boiled the water out of it, and strained it through a paper towel. Then I […]