Feeding Umi

Read Part 1 Here I had a mild flu or a bad sinus cold, because yesterday I was forced to work from home. Unfortunately, Thursdays are crazy for me in the office, so I didn’t get a chance to upload anything from Wednesday night. I literally worked straight from 8am to 4pm, when I finished [...]

Last night’s dinner was Ryan’s stir-fry using pork. We didn’t mix any veggies into the stir-fry, itself, but you can put whatever you desire. It was really nice and porky, since we got nice tenderloins from the Japanese market. It was basically a very simple recipe. Cut the pork in manageable strips, lightly salted and [...]

I had some left over baguettes, today, so I decided to make some french toast. It was quick, easy, and delicious. The bread was pretty hard, so cutting it crumbled some of the pieces into large chunks. That produced really fluffy nuggets of eggy french toast. I had around half of a large baguette left. [...]

This is a doctored version of a lime garlic dipping sauce used by Sophear in her parents’ Cambodian cooking. This is also very similar to the thai salad papaya sauce. This salad in particular is like a deconstructed noodle salad piled on top of one another. Mince 2-3 cloves of garlic. I like to put [...]

After my last batch of pancakes, I wanted to make some lemon ricotta pancakes. I used to get these amazing little pancakes at Henry’s, on 105th st. and Broadway on the upper west side. My friend Daniel used to say, “they are like a little burst of sunshine in your mouth.” They were light, fluffy, [...]