Feeding Umi

One of Ryan’s Christmas presents was a Momofuku cookbook (WSJ Review) given to him (or should I say us, ;) heh) by his sister Tracy. It’s an awesome punch of a book filled with the history of how his ramen shop went from being a little failing place to the entry way of the Momofuku [...]

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 1/4 cup grated pecorino [...]

The other day I ordered the ingredients to make mozzarella from Leener’s. It arrived at work earlier this week, and seriously, I felt like if they checked my bag in the subways, I could have been mistaken for a terrorist. I had clear bottles of liquid labeled as calcium chloride and powders labeled citric acid [...]

I originally got this recipe from Food o’ del Mundo.This is one of those recipes, where I have to say before hand that my end result does not reflect on the original recipe. I took a lot of liberties with the dish and it turned out delicious. However, the artichokes melted away into a creamy [...]

On foodbuzz, I found a really hearty and delicious looking cream soup made of root vegetables. As it is getting colder, I found that I was craving the preparation and warmth of a nice soup. I stuck to the recipe, for the most part. I didn’t want to get a whole pimpking or kabocha, so [...]