November 2010
1 post
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
3 posts
April 2010
3 posts
Yipster: I like Iced Coffee so much I get heart... →
I have realized a lot of important things about myself in my twenties; the most important, perhaps, being I don’t like hot beverages. I just don’t. I drank tea for years and then one day I realized I’d like it a lot more if it was cold.
One of the wonderful things about living in Los Angeles is…
And She Was: An Ode to Drinking Outdoors on a Fine... →
Having the inability to imbibe a tasty cocktail or two while enjoying the beauty of a sunshiny day is a sad thing, a bummer, if you will. Therefore, I thought I would share a recipe for a concoction I could swill by the pitcherful (if such refined things were served in something as common as a…
March 2010
3 posts
Uses For Your Deep-Fat Fryer #305: Belgian Fries
This is how you make the dope fries in your deep fat fryer. I don’t do sauces for fries. I like my fries with salt and eaten immediately. If you want a sauce, may I point you toward this aioli? This method uses the old double-fry, first cooking the potatoes at a low temperature, then allowing them to reach room temperature, and then frying them again at 375 until crispy. They have a deep...
February 2010
2 posts
Cornbread
Try this now please.
1 box Jiffy cornbread mix
1 egg
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 block of cream cheese, softened on low power for about 30 seconds in the microwave
Sprinkle of brown sugar
Sprinkle of salt
Preheat oven to 400 and grease a glass or ceramic loaf pan (or square pan). In a bowl, combine corn bread mix, egg, buttermilk, and cream cheese until well blended. Spread batter around...
Milk Bar cookbook! →
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January 2010
8 posts
What's For Dinner?
Spaghetti with Pecorino Romano, Pancetta and Black Pepper
I’m stealing this recipe from this week’s The Week, but I’m adding pancetta because I am a wild and crazy lady.
The Week says: “This Roman dish is ‘the best quick meal’ we’ve ever tasted, said Yvonne Ruperti in Cook’s Illustrated. Though made with ‘just three main ingredients (cheese,...
Digital Gastronomy →
wearethedigitalkids:
heyitsnoah:
This project from the MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group sounds pretty amazing:
Cornucopia is a concept design for a personal food factory that brings the versatility of the digital world to the realm of cooking. In essence, it is a three dimensional printer for food, which works by storing, precisely mixing, depositing and cooking layers of ingredients.
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Last night I went to a birthday dinner (my birthday! Mine all mine!) at Bouchon in Beverly Hills. Thomas Keller opened the restaurant in November, and I’d been dying to go; maybe everybody who tries to cook at home and becomes a little hooked has a chef on whom they have a big cooking crush, and mine are Thomas Keller and Alice Waters. My parents got me the Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook, which...
What's For Dinner?
My favorite creamy polenta recipe evarrrrr
Short ribs braised with sherry, leeks, ginger, garlic, and soy
Roasted carrots
If you ever thought you’d maybe buy an issue of Fine Cooking, you should buy the current one (The Ultimate Mac & Cheese is on the cover, FOR INSTANCE). I’m tempted to crib everything from it, but I need to make sure Fine Cooking sticks around, because when...
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Cocktails for the Films of Dakota Fanning
folkinz:
Here is a collection of cocktails I compiled to enjoy while watching some Dakota Fanning classics.
I Am Sam: Little Dakota stars in this film as an intelligent girl with a mentally challenged father (Academy Award Winner Sean Penn). This cocktail may be my most offensive choice and was inspired by an episode of Strangers with Candy, specifically this: “Hi. This is Wilford Brimley....
December 2009
11 posts
Jonathan Gold "The year in food: changing tastes" →
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Best Damn Chicken Soup In Town
I promise.
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, split, with rib attached (and skin on)
1 box of chicken stock (free range if they have it)
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup coarsely chopped celery
2 cups of scrubbed and peeled carrots, cut into 1” long chunks
1 cup stick egg noodles, uncooked
Matzo ball mix, prepared (available at the grocery store — you’ll need the mix + 2 eggs + 2...
Formspring Asks:
somebody asks: “what would you serve for a pretend-dinner party with vince gallo, humphrey bogart and stephan jenkins (of Third Eye Blind fame)?”
Fillet of Blinky for Stephan, “Brown Bunny” lapin au vin for Vincent (served on an American Apparel ad), and my own spin on Bissaraa (Moroccan Fava Bean spread) for The Bogart, which I call “Purée It Again, Sam.”
November 2009
7 posts
Turkey Tetrazzini
This is my favorite use for leftover turkey, after you’ve had enough Thanksgiving sandwiches to make you forget you ever loved mayo + cranberry sauce (historically, I’m done after the second batch of sandwiches). It’s a spin on turkey tetrazzini, which usually has peas and mushrooms. You can take major liberties with this recipe, and it’ll still end up pretty freakin’...
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What's For Thanksgiving Dinner?
13.5 LB Air-Chilled Turkey, Stuffed with Shallots, Garlic, Thyme, and Lemon
Buttery Apple and Sausage Stuffing
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce (From A Can, Player)
My Favorite Ice Cream
an essay
A few months ago I was at Von’s and I came across an ice cream flavor, by Ben & Jerry, called Mission to Marzipan. I’ve talked about it a lot since then. That’s because this ice cream is what I want for my last meal.
When I am going to die, I want this ice cream on top of a dense but custard-like almond cake, and with about a cup and a half of raspberries on top....
The Oaks gourmet market and deli opens Friday near... →
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This place is the jam. Short rib french dip or duck confit pizza with goat cheese. Trust.
October 2009
14 posts
What Was For Dinner?
turkey tetrazzini
avocado, heirloom tomato and butter lettuce salad
What's For Dinner?
Roast turkey breast
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Broccoli
…it should be ready at, like, midnight.
Vegan-Friendly Recipe I Haven't Tried Yet
Full disclosure! I’ve made all of this except for the home-made ketchup. I’m going to try it, though, so I’ll keep you posted — the recipe seems promising.
Vegan Hash with Homemade Ketchup
Ingredients:
2 Russet potatoes, chopped into cubes
1 large onion (sweet onions like Vidalia are great), also chopped
4 Tbsp peanut or vegetable oil
Salt + pepper
Fresh chopped...
What Was For Dinner?
Beer
Vegetables
…a potsticker
…a latke
… :(
Recipe: Meatloaf
YE OLDE FASHIONED LOAF O MEAT
ingredients:
1 lb ground pork
1 lb ground beef
2 slices of white bread, soaked in milk
1/2 tsp dried marjoram (you will find this in your spice rack if you have a spice rack — chances are you don’t use it very often, but it’s the jam)
1/2+ cup ketchup (depending on the amount of love you have for ketchup)
1 1/2 tbsp...
What's For Dinner?
Mad Men TV-dinner special:
Meatloaf, mushroom gravy
This Is Why You’re Fat mashed potatoes
NO VEGETABLE TONIGHT BITCHES
Dessert: pineapple rings
Trader Joe's Special Feature
I have been burned by TJ’s so many times, I realized the other day. I’m in this constant battle with the grocery chain; on the one hand, I can shop for two or three days’ worth of food and leave like $25 lighter; on the other hand, some items at Trader Joe’s are so wack that I feel angry at Joe for having screwed me like that. I’m looking at you, cioppino. I know the...
What's For Dinner?
New York strip steaks
Corn on the cob
Roasted broccoli
Bread
For dessert:
Blackberries & tangelos
Tate’s chocolate chip cookies
Tiny Almond Joys that I intended to save for trick-or-treaters
What's For Dessert?
Apples (the gala apples from TJ’s are so good right now), tangelos, bananas and strawberries with Greek yogurt, honey, and steel-cut oats
What's For Dinner?
Butternut squash soup
Diced pancetta and heirloom potato hash
Poached eggs
Roasted broccoli