Yes, Passover is over. And yes, we are all tired of hearing about it, even though this Passover we all learned a valuable lesson in appreciating matzoh, both in its caramel and chocolate covered form and in its fried with egg form.
But, I have two more dishes I just must write about, and who knows, [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Matzoh’s Last Stand
Posted in Home Cooking, Vegetarian, tagged debacle, matzoh, pasta, pizza on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Mat-zoh/zah/za Brei/Brie
Posted in Breakfast, Cheap, Home Cooking, Quick, Recipe, tagged eggs, matzoh on April 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Will the transliteration confusion never stop? No, it won’t, and apparently Passover will never end. This morning, tired of plain matzoh grabbed on the run to work, I took the time to make a matzoh-centric brunch of matzoh brei, southwestern style, by which I mean served with avocado and salsa. This is a really easy [...]
Simple Meals: Beet Salad
Posted in Cheap, Home Cooking, Quick, tagged beets on April 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
[Editor's note - I've been on a bit of hiatus, but I return to glory with this quick recipe. More soon.]
This is a somewhat austere example of what I was discussing a few weeks ago about a meal not needing to be a Meal.
Simply take a cooked beet, slice, and drizzle with olive oil, vinegar, [...]
And another roast chicken…
Posted in Home Cooking, Raves, Recipe, tagged chicken, coriander, marmalade, orange, red onion on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Another dinner party, another roast chicken. I don’t actually have that much more to say about this one, amazingly, other than that the original recipe comes from the magazine Real Simple, which the middle-aged woman in me just adores. Try the chicken (which literally takes 10 minutes or less of active time to produce true [...]
Matzah/Matzoh/Matzo Crunch
Posted in Dessert, Raves, Recipe, tagged caramel, chocolate, matzoh, salt on April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy Passover, everybody! So, we once again celebrate the Jews’ continued survival with a week of not eating leavened products. For the way most people — and food magazines and newspaper columns — go on, you’d think this was a greater hardship than the Jews’ slavery in Egypt and subsequent 40 years of wandering through [...]
Semi-Homemade: Tomato Sauce
Posted in Home Cooking, Quick, Tips, tagged pasta, shrimp, squash, tomato sauce, tomatoes on April 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last night, I had a immense craving for capellini (angel hair pasta, for the lay-pasta-people in the audience) with tomato sauce and shrimp. I wanted to make it myself, but I also didn’t want to spend a lot of time doing it. And so, dear reader, while one day in the near future I am [...]
Bulk Foods (And not the kind you get at Costco)
Posted in Home Cooking, Tips, tagged bulk foods on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a secret hidden away in the back of your local natural food store/organic market: the bulk foods aisle. A little intimidating at first, bulk foods are ultimately easy, cheap, and earth-friendly.
For a long time I walked by these rows of tubs and bins filled with grains, nuts, and other staples and wondered what kind [...]
Every village has its idiot. So does every Junta
Posted in Home Cooking on April 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Every village has its idiot. So does every Junta.
The great Junta has invited me to guest post from the perspective of the novice chef. As way of background, I recently moved to Santiago de Chile and for the first time in my life am confronted with the need to cook for myself. 18 years with [...]
Dulce de Leche Squares of Goodness
Posted in Dessert, Recipe, tagged cheesecake, chocolate, dulce de leche on April 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now that I have entered the blogosphere, I have been trying to, well, actually read some blogs. And with the wonders of Google reader (which I’m sure all you more technologically-savvy folks know about, but which I find totally amazing), I can actually keep up. I was looking through one of my new favorite cooking [...]
Phil’s Challenge
Posted in Home Cooking, Philosophy, Tips on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh my god! It’s interactive! It’s Web 2.0!!! We’re in the mother f’ing blogosphere!!!! WAGAWGAWGAWGAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
***SLAP***
Sorry, I’ll try to control myself, but one of the fun aspects of blogging is being able to interact with our oh-so-enormous readership. So here we go:
Phil commented on my sriracha post with the following challenge:
“A reader challenge for the Food [...]
Waste Not…
Posted in Cheap, Home Cooking, Tips, tagged broth, chicken on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night, I made a beautiful burnished red stock with the leftover skin and bones from my paprika-cayenne roast chicken. Stock is one of the easiest and most useful things to make; and really incredibly satisfying, since you are using things you would otherwise throw away (plus maybe 50 cents of vegetables) to make something [...]
