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This weekend, aka hedonism

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Food consumed: Mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chimichangas, french fries, egg rolls, pork buns, dim sum, caramelized shrimp, miso glazed salmon, pizza, ice cream Drinks consumed: Stella Artois, Woodford Reserve, Bare Knuckle Stout, Lemon Grass Coconut sake, unfiltered sake, cocktails with thai chili infused vodka, Drop Top amber ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada Celebration [...]

Cherry liqueur

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A few months ago some friends returned from a trip to Modesto with a freezerbag full of cherries in tow. I could have made a pie or ice cream or something out of them, but I figured why not have a go at actually making a liqueur out of them. Back in high school I’d [...]

My first experience with fugu.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

I was watching Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods on the Travel channel a couple of days ago and he covered a fugu restaurant that I went to while I was there. Seeing that restaurant again brought back some memories of my first experience with fugu.

Rachel Ray Must Be Stopped.

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

I’d seen talk of this in the comments on food blogs, but I didn’t actually believe it until now: Rachel Ray has her own brand of olive oil. Of course this was the natural progression, I’m amazed it didn’t come out sooner. Seriously, are her 15 minutes up yet? I refused, and I hope anyone [...]

101 10 minute meals.

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

This article in the New York Times is fantastic. It’s a collection of quick 10 minute meals that are easy to prepare, appear to taste really damned good and are much healthier than running to McDonald’s for a myocardial infarction burger. From the article: The pleasures of cooking are sometimes obscured by summer haze and [...]

Orange mocha

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Coffee? Good. Orange? Good. Chocolate? Good. Whipped cream? Good. How the hell did the combination go so horribly horribly awry.

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