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Jan
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 »

Jan
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 »

Jan
13
2010

Back to posts about cooking food: pad thai

Tonight, I made pad thai using a recipe from Cook’s Illustrated. In my opinion, if you’re going to pay for a website membership as a person who enjoys cooking, pay for this one. It’s got all the recipes and articles you’d find in the magazine but in handy web format. Anyhow, here’s the result: [flickr]photo:4273318892[large][/flickr]…  Continued »

Jan
02
2010

Nalysnyky, or “foods I am in no rush to try making again”

My grandmother used to make these fantastic rolled crepes called nalysnyky in Ukrainian. The recipe that my grandmother made (which she got from my great-grandmother who allegedly worked in the kitchen of some Russian nobleman) is apparently something of an oddity, at least it was an oddity among the people at my mom’s church growing…  Continued »

Jun
15
2009

Maranana Smoothie

6 Weight Watchers points. Probably less if you use fat-free soy and skip the PB. Recipe time! I’m currently undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis. Said treatment involves taking steroids intravenously for a few days. It is suggested that you stock up on fluids (though expect to retain them a bit) so that it’s easier to…  Continued »

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