I have news. I moved back home to sort of chill and not just rot away in Austin while all the good people I know actually did stuff, like, you know, go to law school. I have now decided, however, to move back to my beloved city and, gasp, get a job and all of [...]
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March 23, 2010
Uneasy and uncheap risotto.
Last night I offered to make dinner for today. Having recently discovered a new blog that I absolutely adore–www.smittenkitchen.com–and then having recently bookmarked every other recipe, I went straight to the source and picked something that looked especially delicious. Ready for this title? Asparagus, artichoke, and shiitake risotto. That’s just one of those recipes where, [...]
March 19, 2010
“Because everything sounds funny with an Indian accent.”
“Seriously. They could be telling me I have three months to live and it’d be hilarious.” – My mother.
February 23, 2010
Quite the pickle to be in, ja?
So, I’m slightly obsessed with pickles, to the point where most people involved in adding them to my food tend to raise one eyebrow and stare at me, while their hands deftly dump handfuls onto my plate. Naturally, I decided to make my own.
August 30, 2009
Homemade peaches and cream milk: Sugar and spice and everything nice.
That’s what I’m made of. Seriously, could I be a better girl? Would it be humanly possible? OK, so all I did was try and recreate some of the boything’s favorite milk, Promised Land Peaches and Cream. Why not just save yourself all that time and grueling, grueling effort and just buy some, you ask? [...]
August 19, 2009
In the land of tacos, I make tacos.
It is an official ordinance, in case you didn’t know. Now you do. Now no one can say my blog never taught you anything. I started my Contracts assignment yesterday after promising to make chorizo breakfast tacos the next day, and then I was contractually and legally obligated to follow through, to make the chorizo [...]
August 13, 2009
Quid pro bistro.
That’s right. You give me something, and I give back ¡bistrooo! A while before leaving the nest for-ev-er, I had a nice French bistro night chez parents. I’ve never in my whole life made actual deep-fried french fries, so I figured, when could there be a better time to sloppily deep fry something when someone [...]
August 11, 2009
Blowin’ your mind, one pre-dinner snocone at a time.
As you all know from reading my lengthy autobiography, I am a major fan of snocones. Though I’m not sure “snocone” is the right word. I like one snocone in particular, to which I am loyal to the death: Cherry cola. With cream. Oh, oh oh. Oh. Sadly, the only snocones I could find back [...]
July 27, 2009
Impress her with your microwave!
Yeah, I said it. The impossible has become.. possible. And it was a giant step for guykind. About a year ago, I ran into this fantastic recipe on an all-around fantastic blog. I’m not a huge chocolate cake person, save this wonderful Texas chocolate sheet cake my mother makes and the Vegan Deep Chocolate cake [...]
July 17, 2009
Speakin’ in tongues.
So, I’ve got an itch for languages. Always have. Even fancy myself a bit good at them, or at least I did, until I tried to explain my head cold in Paris. But I’ve come across a dilemma.. I’ve got Rosetta Stone full of Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish. I’ve started each of them, but obviously [...]
