October 10th, 2010
Our kitchen is big enough for one person, but definitely not for two people, especially if those two people are both trying to do different things while simultaneously attempting to boss the other person around.
Me to Jens, multiple times, as he made the burger: “Over handling is the enemy of a good burger!”
Jens to me, multiple times, as I prepare the toppings: “Make sure you cut the tomato into meaty slices!”
Burgers, vegetable salad, two types of potato salad, and for desert, my first-ever (both for making and eating) plum-nectarine bourbon crumble.
Recipes for the burgers and veg salad after the jump. read more »
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October 10th, 2010
Dear reader, I would ask you to close your eyes and picture this, but obviously if you closed your eyes you couldn’t read about what it was I wanted you to picture. So, picture it (eyes open): piediena romagnola—pan-fried flatbread with cheese and prosciutto cotto, with a special avocado sauce.
What did you see in your mind’s eye? I think I can tell you what you didn’t picture. read more »
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August 28th, 2010
Don’t start a food blog in the middle of a campaign. Apologies for the lack of new posts. I actually have a backlog built up but haven’t even had time to get the photos off the camera. (Jens finally shamed me into using a real camera for the photos instead of the Android.)
All this is to say, as soon as the campaign is over, expect more regularity in posting. Until then, it’s like a nice surprise every time there’s a new post! Right?
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August 28th, 2010
Today Jens discovered* cheese chicharron – he fried up thin slices of aged sheeps’ milk cheese (akin to parmesan, but much stronger). There was some tomatillo-shallot-corn salsa left over from another taco night. And then we found out that our Trader Joe’s cage free eggs were NOT part of the recall! So of course to celebrate we had huevos rancheros. Except as tacos.
Jens: Whew, that was not a light lunch.
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July 31st, 2010
For now, check out my Yelp review.
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July 30th, 2010
Experimental because of the blueberries and the finely sliced kumquats. The dressing (not shown) was a vinaigrette enriched with pureed avocado.
This was one of Jens’ early forays into adding sweet stuff to savory salads. I think that now that he’s mostly overcome my anti-salad bias, he’s chosen another mountain to climb, which is my fruits-are-not-savory-items prejudice.
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July 30th, 2010
Picture to come.
Jens went avant garde. He had me taste it before he told me what was in it. Good thing, or I would have decided I wouldn’t like it. As it was, I got suckered into admitting it was delicious.
Red quinoa, cooked in broth in the the rice cooker
Fresh corn, both cooked and uncooked
Armenian cucumber
Sprouted grains
Blueberries
Peaches
Fruit in my savory salads always weirds me out. But I ate it all, and it was delicious.
I am occasionally disturbed by my lack of complaints over these super healthy dinners. Three years ago I would have stared at the bowl and eaten a few bites before digging in the freezer for an ice cream bar.
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