Archive for the 'meat' Category
I had the most fun making these three appetizers because I found them interesting and new. Each dish was an interpretation of something more familiar. I thought they would provide an element of surprise and intrigue to the diners. I can’t take credit for creating these dishes, but I think I did a good job executing them, because they were a hit!
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April 14 2010 | appetizers and asian and beans and legumes and meat and side dish and vegetarian | 8 Comments »
I never got around to writing about what we ate at the mini road trip my friends and I took before I left New York. Week after week passed and when November hit and I decided to, a little absentmindedly, participate in NaBloPoMo, I tagged this recipe in my head for that one day when everything falls behind and it’s almost midnight and I still don’t have a clue what I’m going to write about. I was pretty organized that first week. I made something during the day, wrote about it at night, and posted it the next morning. But this week has been a bit of a struggle. I’m not at that point where I want to tear my hair out and beat myself over the head for doing something crazy like promising to post every day for one whole month. Somebody told me today to post a picture of a fried egg, but I won’t go that low…yet.
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November 13 2009 | books & cookbooks and meat and poultry and recipe and thoughts | 5 Comments »
My brother is a picky eater. He knows what he likes and everything else he dislikes. When he and my mom visited me while I was studying abroad in Spain, we spent a lot of time looking for restaurants with dishes we thought he would like. In the end, he ended up eating a lot of hot dogs while we enjoyed amazing tapas with Spanish beer and wine. One of the most hilarious moments during the trip happened when the señora I was living with cooked an elaborate meal for us. He couldn’t get himself to eat all the Spanish dishes she had made, but he couldn’t bear hurting her feelings by not touching any of the food. So he secretly passed morsels of food under the table to my mom, who in turn had to eat two portions of everything. Even thinking about it now makes me laugh out loud. My poor mom left a fabulous meal with indigestion.
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November 06 2009 | asian and meat and recipe and thoughts | 6 Comments »
One of my roommates is in dental school and for the past couple months she’s been busy preparing for the board exams. We’ve been living together for two years now and have shared quite a few food memories. We occasionally make dinners, go out for Restaurant Week, and even took a couple of cooking classes together!
When she asked me if I could pack her lunch on the day of her board exams I was happy to do it. I kind of felt like a mom sending her kid off to take the SATs. I couldn’t sleep the night before because I planned to cook in the morning so the food would be nice and fresh. I was afraid I might not wake up in time, which is silly because I’m one of those people who don’t need an alarm to get up. I kept on looking at my clock throughout the night and finally at 6 am (1 hour before I planned to wake up) I got out of bed and started cooking.
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August 31 2009 | asian and korean and meat and recipe and side dish and thoughts | 6 Comments »
