1, May 2007
Brownies
This is my standard simple brownie recipe. You can find it on the box of at least two different brands of baking chocolate. They’re simple but good, at least if you do it right. Don’t forget my two brownie secrets: (1) underbake them; and (2) use a pizza cutter to…
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1, May 2007
Non-Tom Kha Gai with Chicken and Broccoli
I got a good recipe for tom kha gai from Cook’s Illustrated, but the problem is that it contains a lot of coconut milk, which is like the bacon of asian cuisine — delicious but deadly. So I decided to try the same basic approach without the coconut milk, and…
15, Apr 2007
Supernatural Brownies
I made this brownie recipe from the NYT. The only change I made was to add a bit of salt (1/2 tsp larger-crystal kosher salt, in addition to the 1/2 tsp called for).
15, Apr 2007
Skillet-baked Chicken
I’m still looking for a good basic way to cook boneless chicken breasts that leaves them useful for leftover eating throughout the week. I had some breasts that were going to go past their prime soon, so I decided to do something simple and then figure out what to do…
15, Apr 2007
Grilled Beef Short Ribs
I’ve been experimenting with various cuts of beef and pork lately, trying to get something thin and tasty good for sandwiches in the banh mi tradition. I got some beef short ribs that were cut english style, which meant it wasn’t too difficult for me to cut away the bone,…
14, Apr 2007
Crispy Oatmeal-Anise Cookies
For some reason, I suddenly developed a craving for some oatmeal cookies a few weeks ago. I wanted these oatmeal cookies to be excitingly flavorful, without relying on chocolate chips (which I usually put in oatmeal cookies; I detest raisins in baked goods1), and to be thin and crispy rather…
25, Mar 2007
Banh Mi and Seaweed Sandwich Rolls
Using ingredients inspired by vietnamese food, particularly banh mi, I made seaweed rolls and baguette sandwiches to eat for lunches this week.
21, Mar 2007
salt and pepper shrimp with sticky mushroom rice
Another basic “rice with stuff” meal with some simple but tasty shrimp. Very easy, little prep, tasty, and makes good leftovers.
20, Mar 2007
coriander-cumin chicken, quinoa with mushrooms
The quinoa is basically the sort of rice dish I’ve been making lately, but with quinoa instead (I realized at the last minute I was out of rice). The chicken breasts were simply baked in a covered skillet on the stove top, but I first crusted them with coarsely ground…
18, Mar 2007
roasted chicken and vegetables with green rice
an impromptu dinner party for six: two roasted chickens, roasted carrots, parsnips, fennel, celery root and onion with bacon, green rice, and spicy chocolate ice cream.