Pho is a beautiful thing. I’ll never forget the time I asked a former coworker/chef what his favorite type of food was, and he proceeded to launch into a 15 minute monologue about pho. We were standing on the line prepping for service and I’m pretty sure he talked the entire time I seared chicken [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Grilled Pineapple Panini
Friday Panini’s as promised! But this isn’t really a Panini because I didn’t make it in a Panini maker. I don’t even have a toaster, for crying out loud. And by the way, who has space for a Panini maker? Probably Gwyneth, beside her wood-burning pizza oven. But, as it turns out, tossing a cheesy [...]
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Pickled Red Onion
So I was going to make paninis for today’s post but when I arrived at the grocery store to pick up my ingredients, the produce section was Completely Empty. There were all these naked shelves where the apples and celery and lemons used to be. So either I missed the memo that produce just became [...]
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Curried Chicken Salad
I spent literally 27 hours watching football yesterday. I woke up this morning feeling like some jock had given my brain a swirly. That particular breed of football overdose is the direct result of having six Patriot-obsessed brothers and one TV. I had to spend a few extra minutes on Suri’s Burn Book this morning [...]
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Grapefruit and Watercress Salad
Whilst trying to jam my big toe in the aforementioned iron-door-of-dream-company, I got pretty friendly with two amazing ingredients: Sriracha and Fish Sauce. It’s not like I had never used these things before (confusing double negative: check). I’d always dumped Sriracha in my Pho, and I knew fish sauce was a key flavor in a [...]
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Chickpea Salad
Does anyone on Planet Earth have a good way to cut up a mango?? I was utterly baffled today in the kitchen. I vaguely have this distant, foggy memory of my aunt, who is Venezuelan, showing me how to do it back in like 1935. But my tiny brain remembers that her mango was cut [...]
Posted in Beans and Legumes, Lunch, Salad
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Star Soup
Stars are pretty much the most adorable pasta on the market today. I mean, come on. Maybe… MAYBE alphabet pasta could give them a run for their money. Other than the alphabet contender, stars are in a league of their own. I’m pretty convinced that even creeps like the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang [...]
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Avocado Snack
I know this is pathetic. It’s like posting about eating a banana for a snack. First you peel the banana, then you bite into it… everyone knows how to eat a dang banana… except for that kid I babysat the other day. But for some reason, I don’t feel too badly about this sucker because [...]
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Curried Green Lentils with a Fried Egg
Hellooo 2012! I officially fell off the map for a few months, no denying it. When you’re trying to jam your big toe in the heavy, iron door of a fantastic company to land your dream job, you end up draining any reserve energy for online diatribes. But, as January rears her surprisingly warm and [...]
Posted in Beans and Legumes, Eggs, Lunch
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