For the next couple of Fridays, I’m going to review fish sandwiches from various fast food chains. Seems that everyone loves comparing burgers, fries and shakes. I figure it’s time we shed some light on our fishy friends. Just so you know, this isn’t a Catholic/Lent thing. It’s a “Wha–? They sell fish at Carl’s... Continue Reading →
Friday’s Fast-Food Fishtacular! – Wendy’s Premium Fish Fillet Sandwich
For the next few Fridays, I’m going to review fish sandwiches from various fast food chains. Seems that everyone loves comparing burgers, fries and shakes. I figure it’s time we shed some light on our fishy friends. Just so you know, this isn’t a Catholic/Lent thing. It’s a “Wha–? They sell fish at Wendy's?” thing.... Continue Reading →
Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays
I was cleaning out our cupboard recently -- as I usually do every spring or after an especially tense episode of Hoarders -- and came across not one package of hot chocolate but four different types. Each with their own story of how it was acquired and each with it's specific purpose. Swiss Miss for... Continue Reading →
Observe the art of seduction. Watch, learn, and don’t eat my cookie.
I think I've determined what kind of cookie person I am. I love cakey cookies usually with some type of frosting or icing in it. Basically a portable cake that isn't a cupcake. The genius behind this cookie is that the filling is in between two cookies! And while it has no chocolate in it,... Continue Reading →
Avocado: It’s whats for lunch
On most days, I bring in food from home lunch. Nothing assembled but things I can easily put together at work. I'm usually rushing around in the morning checking my email, catching up on my blog reading and gulping down some jet fuel while trying to make it to work on time. Instead I toss... Continue Reading →
When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.
Do you ever have one of those recipes that somehow comes together and you don't exactly what you did to make it come together or how to replicate it? Well it happened with my attempt to make cookies with Cadbury Caramel Eggs -- the cousin to the Cadbury Creme Eggs. There was torrential rain in... Continue Reading →
Anybody who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography
As far as desserts go, I think the award for the most pretentious goes to the Napoleon aka Mille-feuille. First of all, it is impossible to eat without much fuss. Using a fork to take cut off a piece pushes out all the custard filling and destroying any semblance of the neat flaky sheets alternately... Continue Reading →
Same old slippers, same old rice, same old glimpses of paradise
My favorite dishes are usually one pot meals that have everything in it: some sort of carb, a protein and sometimes a veggie. Fried rice easily falls into that category and whenever I feel homesick for familiar foods, I turn towards that dish. Most recently however, I've been turning towards fried rice's Italian cousin, risotto.... Continue Reading →
Shallots are for babies, onions are for men, garlic is for heroes
We love our garlic here. And not because we've been obsessed with vampires lately. Hello? That was so 2009. But if given the chance, we try to incorporate it as much as possible into what we eat. One exception is if we plan to be in enclosed quarters any time soon --- like say in... Continue Reading →
“What’s that on your leg? Is it a scotch egg?”
We frequent the Hillcrest Farmers Market quite a lot. While I try to venture around San Diego and check what other farmers markets have to offer, what always brings me back to the Hillcrest one are the scotch eggs sold at Bubbles Gourmet Foods.I've written about Bubbles before and since we initially spotted his scotch... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 