Feeding Umi

I wanted to make cream puffs for Sunday’s dinner. Saturday, we slept in and then went off in search of 1) cream puff ingredients and 2) brunch ingredients. We got two carton of eggs, some bacon, and other groceries. Then, I spent the day making 30+ batch of pâte à choux. (So, the first batch, [...]

When I finally got off my butt to make some basbousa the other day, I not only picked up some rose water, but I picked up some orange blossom water. I remembered reading about these beautiful Earl Grey Muffins with candied oranges. Although I didn’t top my muffins with anything fancy, I tried to recreate [...]

(Ahem, our guest cook for today is Anthony Francis, picture to the left, and he will be making us some of his famous basbousa.) The one thing Ryan keeps mentioning is his father’s basbousa. We would have basbousa elsewhere and it was never fluffy enough, soft enough, and delicious enough. After trying his father’s recipe, [...]

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, yakisoba (by Kevin), [...]

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 a little stern. [...]