My friend Nicole, an art professor, came up with the idea of doing a little home suminagashi (paper marbling with Japanese ink) workshop for some friends, and I thought it sounded like a great time to clear out some desserts from my Try file in Paprika; apparently, when I save recipes, about 2 out ofContinue reading “ESC #19: Dessert Bar (and suminagashi)”
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I Have Notes…for “First Love (Hatsukoi)”
Jen reminded me about this one. We’re both big fans of Satoh Takeru of Rurouni Kenshin fame, so when “First Love” appeared on Netflix, I gave it a shot even though rom-coms are not generally my jam. I’m not sure I would even say that Satoh is a great actor. He’s good, but not great;Continue reading “I Have Notes…for “First Love (Hatsukoi)””
Cartoons for Grown-ups: My Happy Marriage and Delicious in Dungeon
I’m starting another series on the blog to log the anime I watch because I’ve watched and continue to watch a lot of it—ever since (a) I discovered Tranzor Z on TV in middle school and (b) Blockbuster opened in my neighborhood in 1988 and I could start renting VHS tapes of anime. I’ve alreadyContinue reading “Cartoons for Grown-ups: My Happy Marriage and Delicious in Dungeon”
ESC#18: Cinco de Mayo
This was funny b/c I just felt like making Mexican food this week and then realized as I was making the menus the day of that it was Cinco de Mayo. My Burqueña Sense must have been tingling…. Everyone really like the way this menu came together. The puerco de verdolagas (which had dandelion greensContinue reading “ESC#18: Cinco de Mayo”
Friday Favorites: Rom Coms
I know, it’s a day late. Also, if you know me, you are wondering if aliens abducted me and replaced me with a clone who likes rom coms—because as a general rule, I do not. But as I was reflecting today on how much I loved Crazy Rich Asians, I realized there were in factContinue reading “Friday Favorites: Rom Coms”
OK, admittedly…
…I’m on heavy doses of Advil Cold & Sinus, but this is still pretty stinkin’ cute:
ESC#17
This one had a Silk Road theme, kinda. The standout was David Leibovitz’s Panisse recipe, but the cake from the now-defunct Local Milk blog was great, too!
Wooden automata
Really beautiful: youtube.com/watch
ESC #15
Dessert was the star this week: this chile-lime pineapple with cardamom-lime ice cream recipe. And the sleeper favorite was the yummy chaat mixes that Nicole brought to top the impromptu chaat salad she added to the menu; I’ll add that recipe when she gives it to me. I tried to make glacéed bananas to goContinue reading “ESC #15”
Cooking and Baking at Altitude
I’ve been cooking at altitude (4500 ft above sea level and above) for my whole life with a couple of brief exceptions, and it’s a lot simpler than cookbooks make it seem if you understand two basic principles: After all my bragging about simplifying things, I do have to point out three exceptions to theContinue reading “Cooking and Baking at Altitude”
The Rookery 