Duck is a bit over my budget, as are dried cherries (every bit counts!) and the amount of extra virgin olive oil I’ll need for the confit-ing. SO, I will be trying this recipe with shredded roasted lamb or chicken and golden raisins.
But even if I’ll be scrimping on the ingredients, I can’t deny that [...]
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March 17, 2010
To Try: Martha Stewart’s Persian Rice With Duck Confit And Dried Cherries
March 16, 2010
Throw A Lost-Themed Surprise Party
My boyfriend is a big fan of the TV show Lost. He’s extremely knowledgeable in all things Lost, and even goes so far as to blog about it with his friend after every show. I’m pretty sure he knows the name of every character, every obscure reference and probably the title of every episode.
So, what [...]
March 15, 2010
Awesome Article About The Brief History Of Restaurant Reviewing, Starting With Craig Claiborne, NYT’s First Male Food Editor
Longtime Village Voice food writer Robert Sietsema writes about restaurant reviewing from Craig Claiborne to modern-day food blogging.
In short, restaurant reviewing has come a long way from what it used to be in the mid-20th century. Claiborne applied journalism ethics to the way writers rated restaurants. Gael Greene taught writers how to describe food [...]
March 10, 2010
Recipes I Want To Try Before I Forget About Them. Also: Did You Know Florence Fabricant Is A Woman?
In my Gmail drafts folder, I’ve racked up a pretty hefty list of recipes that I stumble upon that I want to try. Here’s a few highlights from my current list. And FYI, because the last couple of posts were pretty non-ethnic, these recipes have an international focus.
Bamya, oven-baked okra and beef stew: This is [...]
March 10, 2010
Homemade Ranch Dressing: Please Do Not Eat The Stuff In The Bottle Anymore, Because That’s Not Food
I know this is supposed to be an ethnic food blog, but I think I’d be doing you guys a disservice by not telling you how to make your own ranch dressing/dip/whatever you want to call it:
Here it is, quickly. Stir all of this stuff together:
3/4 c sour cream
1/4 c mayonnaise
1 tbs chopped cilantro
1 tbs [...]
March 10, 2010
There’s More To Lunch Than Sandwiches: Five Weekday Salads That Will Rock Your Cubicle
First of all, I want to explain my impossibly long headlines. As a copywriter, I spend every day focusing on how to phrase things cleverly in proper English without repeating words or using unnecessary articles. So, my blog is a place where I can relax about that stuff and just write for the sake of [...]
February 24, 2010
I’m Proud To Announce The Debut Issue Of The Runcible Spoon, A DC-Based Food Zine. Download A PDF!
In case you didn’t know, I started a DC-based food zine, The Runcible Spoon. Instead of starting another blog, I thought — why not bring food back to the streets? Why not use an old medium — a zine (the 90s version of the blog) — to promote local blogs and foodies instead of Twitter [...]
