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Tasty things
This is an ongoing list of things we've eaten and liked, kept at the front so it's easy to find when I need cooking inspiration. Feel free to look for ideas, or to ask me for more details!
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But... but... but... WE're the superpower!
So, I'm looking for a vibration sensor used in a research paper. It's for a snail thing. Detecting rasping (=feeding).
I can get it in Australia, Thailand, Latvia, and frickin' LIBYA, among others. But not in the US.
THIS is why it sucks to no longer be at the forefront of manufacturing, kids. -
Maybe crazy
So, our apartment has been nice but not perfect for a while ( Read more... ) -
Almodrote de berengena (Eggplant Flan)
Eggplant flan. Egg. Plant. Flan. Does not compute, at first.
But is yummy. Smoky-eggplant-flavored cheesy bread pudding.
This is a very close adaptation of Claudia Roden's recipe for the classic Judeo-Spanish dish, best know as a Turkish dish because many of the Iberian Jews fled to Turkey after the Reconquista and Inquisition. So beloved by ( Read more... ) -
Welsh Rabbit
We have an amazing meat vendor at our market: www.devilsgulchranch.com/. They sell pork and lamb, which are both quite fine, but we especially love their rabbit. We've simmered it in white wine with herbs; we've stewed it with tomatoes and Zinfandel and fava beans. But this time, I wanted to tap into the classic lapin a la moutarde flavors, and ( Read more... ) -
Blackberry Ginger Plum Jam, plus a canning primer
So, this is the second year M and I have made jam out of free fruit. Last year, and this year too, we went out on fourth of July weekend and picked fruit from trees in Larkspur, and blackberries from our favorite berrying path, and then made jam. Last year we also got a metric ton (aka 14 pounds) of golden plums from one house to make spiced ( Read more... ) -
science vs. government
I was reading about yesterday's earthquake, and was struck in the face by this set of paragraphs in today's Washington Post article:
"Weeks before the disaster, an Italian scientist had predicted a major quake around L'Aquila, based on concentrations of radon gas found around seismically active areas.
Seismologist Gioacchino Giuliani, who lives in L ( Read more... ) -
Bread-Roasted Chicken
We have a love of roast chicken. Few food things make M happier than a golden-roasted bird, so he's in charge of the roasting and the carving.
We like a good roast chicken so much, we even made two chickens for Thanksgiving, rather than a turkey. We're lucky that we get our chickens either from Marin Sun Farms or Jackie the Chicken Lady of ( Read more... )