Thinking of Christmas in July: Grilled Meats in Buenos Aires
Thinking of Christmas in July: Grilled Meats in Buenos Aires.
Read MoreThinking of Christmas in July: Grilled Meats in Buenos Aires
My birthday always happens near Christmas. It’s not that I’m complaining. People are in a full celebratory mode at that time. Wine and liquor flow freely. It’s just that it’s never warm that warm around this the holidays plus taking a tropical vacation at that time is incredibly expensive since it’s traditionally high season for the airlines and […]
Read MoreLos Angeles Surprises & Garden Fresh Gazpacho
Los Angeles is not known for trains or gardens. Normally, the Land of Pretty People is thought of as a place of vast asphalt and traffic jams. Where a minor fender-bender can result in a manslaughter charge. Tonight though, Lulu, Don and I were going to high-tail it on three trains to get to Highland Park, […]
Read MoreYucatan Chicken Dinner Party with Mark and Mary
Being a single person, I admit that I like cooking for myself. I don’t have to worry about someone saying, “That’s too much of this!” or “Don’t put that in!”. I really enjoy the freedom of not hearing another voice. First, I have more voices in my head then Sybil and, second, I think if […]
Read MoreDinner at Shelley’s & Hanging in the Kitchen: Pork and Apple Meatball Submarines,
It’s been a little bit of time since I posted. Writing a blog is time consuming and I was trying to do three a week. I think two a week is a little more manageable plus cooking, working, hanging with my homies, and writing. I have a full life. As life goes on, as it […]
Read MoreA Summer Day of Marinades
During the brief period of time, I lived with my father and his family, I learned a lot about cooking, specifically, Filipino which from my childhood observations, involves one pot, lots of protein, vegetables and braising for a peiod of time. It involved soy sauce, fish sauce and/or vinegar. Everything was cooked together and never […]
Read MoreFarmers Market Haul, Eating With Friends, & His Creamy Threesome Dip (for lack of a better name)
The Farmers Market was a light vegetable haul today. Partially, because I haven’t had time to really put my menu together for the week ahead. As noted in a previous post, I burned two dinners. However, I did purchase a lot of lettuces at the market. I love the summer for lettuces. It’s an easy […]
Read MoreEggs
I burnt what I cooked. It happens. Yesterday on the grill (flank steak…charred to a show leather state) and today in the rotisserie (Chicken thighs turned blackened hockey pucks). Why? Not paying attention. Busy with life as usual but I have been wanting to write about eggs, so I scrambled a couple. Yep, that little […]
Read MoreMemorial Day: Remembrances of Cold Noodles Past
On Memorial Day, when we honor those in uniform, I’m eternally gratefully to those that have served. This holiday was always the official start of New York City summers. Manhattan would empty out and become a ghost town. I fondly recall my beautiful school friend Christine, who eventually packed up and moved to Europe. It […]
Read MoreFarmers Market Haul and Lulu’s Gardening Class
Let’s begin with lovely Lulu’s gardening class before we get to Farmers Market Haul. Shelley, Lauren, one of Lulu’s co-workers and Lauren’s husband, Chris, along with me, were students in Lulu’s backyard for her first-ever gardening class. Lu has been gardening since she was a child back in her homestate of Pennsylvania. It was always […]
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