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Garlic Soup

Prompted by @sarahcarter on twitter, I made Richard Olney’s Garlic Soup recipe found on 101 Cookbooks.

12+ chopped garlic handful of dried bay leaves couple of shakes of the dried sage (yeah… real scientific here) 3-4 sprigs of thyme teaspoon of sea salt to start 1 whole egg + 2 yolks [...]

Fette Sau – Chris Kocher’s Birthday

So, this totally happened couple of weeks ago… when Ryan was still around. Last year we came to Fette Sau, too, and it’s always a good time. Last year, though, I used to come to Fette Sau kind of often. This year, since this isn’t the case, it was a nice treat.

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Dinner at Laundromat – Garlic, Rosemary, and Thyme Bread; and Brownies!

Last weekend we had a dinner party at Laundromat put together by their house-guest Tami, a spunky photographer from Japan my mother’s age. She’s so adorable in large funky glasses with a red frame and her signature leggings. She put together a feast with chirashi sushi (sushi rice with various toppings), sashimi, [...]

Last week’s dinner – South East Asian Cold Udon Noodles and Crimini and Port Risotto

Last week was a pretty busy week without much cooking. We just wrapped things up with our usual cold Udon noodles in a Southeast Asian garlic lime sauce, with a pinch of dashi. I just topped that with shiitake mushrooms and boiled vegetables (sansai) blanched in thick dashi, soy sauce and mirin. [...]

Cupcakes – There’s a reason it’s one of my top twitter words

My oven just wouldn’t heat up for the longest time. I attributed it to the pilot light, but the Super came in and checked it. He claimed that he would notify the landlord, but weeks went by. I sent a letter recently with the rent check notifying him… it might have been [...]