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17
2010
Crummy day, but with fancy ingredients
Ugh, what a crappy day. I’ve had some ingredients lying around for a couple weeks to make rose truffles. I was going to make them for the Anime Boston staff dessert contest, but I ran out of time. I also got some other stuff that I wanted to mess with, including bamboo rice and Meyer… Continued »
25
2010
FuLoon = I’ll go back
Doug called Christian last night wondering if we wanted to get together for dinner tonight, which we figured sure, what the hey. Doug’s request was for Chinese because he wanted pork fried rice. In thinking about places to go, I read about a Szechuan place in Malden called FuLoon. It got a Best of Boston… Continued »
17
2010
Samgak Kimbap in Korea, Onigiri in Japan, rice balls to foreigners
[flickr]photo:4282342442(medium)[/flickr] We had some hamburger cutlet curry last night, making use of the last of the curry I cooked earlier in the week. As often happens, we had a bunch of rice left over, so I whipped up some rice balls, aka onigiri, aka samgak kimbap, using one of Maangchi’s fantastic recipes. Maangchi has yet… Continued »
15
2010
The Friendly Toast in Cambridge
Tonight was the fourth time we’ve given the Friendly Toast in Kendall a shot at our dining dollars. So far, it’s been pretty inconsistent. I maintain that the one in Portsmouth was better in terms of food quality, service, and consistency; husband says it was just as inconsistent The mojito milkshake in Portsmouth is full… Continued »
14
2010
Tonight’s dinner: Todd English-recipe crab cakes
[flickr]set:72157623212478648[/flickr] My six degrees of separation story about Todd English is that my dad helped him get building permits to open up Olives (and later, Figs) in Charlestown, MA in the 1980s. I’d never actually eaten at his restaurant until I went there for my BFF Prairie’s 24th birthday in 2000. I don’t remember everything… Continued »