Whenever you go into a Japanese restaurant, they give you the little salad after your miso soup, right? There’s almost always the same orange-colored ginger dressing on the salad — and I’m here to tell you exactly what it is. You’ll need a blender to mix everything together, but I guarantee it tastes EXACTLY like [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Washington D.C.’
September 30, 2009
Flan Is Such A Disgusting Name For A Food, So Just Call It Creme Caramel: Nora Daza’s Filipino Recipe for Leche Flan
A few weeks ago, my friend Becky decided to have a ROYGBIV potluck party — everyone was required to bring one food from one color of the rainbow. I took yellow and declared I would make FLAN. FLAN!?!?! What the hell was I thinking? Who likes flan? I mean, my mother is a great maker [...]
September 27, 2009
For Your Rainy Saturday: Homemade French Fruit Tart Made With Julia Child’s Creme Patisserie + French Pressed Coffee
I know this is an ethnic food blog, but it’s safe to say that a French fruit tart — while familiar and from the Western world — falls under The Grand International umbrella. It was rainy all day on Saturday, so my lady friends decided that it would be nice if we could perch ourselves [...]
September 10, 2009
WASSAP I’M FAMOUSSSSSSS beeeaaaatttchhh!
WHOO! For the first time in my adult life, I was interviewed for a newspaper, the Northwest Current, a Washington weekly. WOWOWOW! Here’s a screenshot: The article, “DC dining scene gets added flavor with celebrity chefs, local talent” discusses the local food in the Northwest area. Download it here and read it yourself: http://www.currentnewspapers.com/admin/uploadfiles/Community%20Guide%202009%201.pdf
August 25, 2009
DOS and DONT’S of the Maine Avenue Fish Market. Believe Me, You Don’t Want to Go Without Reading This First. OK?
I’m sure you don’t want to be bogged down by the stupid details of my fish experience, so I’ve written some handy DOs and DON’Ts of the Maine Avenue Fish Market:
August 24, 2009
Very, Very Quickly – A Recipe for Meditteranean Orzo Salad
I went to a Ramadan dinner last Saturday and brought this orzo salad with me. I invited my friend Claire to come with me to celebrate, but she’s a veg. She suggested that I make an orzo salad so she’d have something to eat, ha ha. We bounced some ideas off each other, and this [...]
August 22, 2009
Adventures in Tiramisu: A Photo Essay
I made tiramisu for Gabe’s birthday dinner party. This particular recipe called for raw eggs, heavy cream and Marsala wine, and I tried to stay away from anything that told me it was “quick and easy” — my friend Gabe deserves a little more than that Rachel Ray shit for his birthday, ya dig?
