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 →
Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read
Looking back, I'm not surprised that my first (lame) post was about cupcakes. I'm not sure what the next five years will bring, but I'm sure it will involve lots of eating.
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 →
I still love you only slightly less than I used to, my love
I fear my love affair with bacon is over. To smell it first thing on the weekend still perks up my drowsy senses but I don't crave it. So when I stopped for a quick bite at Nickel Diner, I wasn't enamored with their infamous maple bacon donut -- I was merely "eh."Maybe it was... Continue Reading →
Kardashian cupcakes? No thanks.
When I saw these cupcakes at Gelson's Market in Sherman Oaks, I thought it was some kind of joke. But it was in Los Angeles after all and I guess anything goes there. Even cupcakes by a gaggle of faux-celebs whose only reason for fame is by who they date/marry and their reality t.v. series.... 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 →
Budget: A method for going broke methodically
It was about two years ago when things starting going under that a lot of people like myself starting tightening their budgets and cutting down on their expenses. A few of my friends in the same line of work as me got laid off and then suddenly it seemed the whole economy took a nose... Continue Reading →
Somewhere out there is a lobster without any claws
We've been trying to cut down on the number of times we eat out. Mostly because we cook a lot at home and try to stay on budget (more on that later). But when the sales department at work presented me with a $50 gift card to any Cohn restaurant, I immediately knew that it... Continue Reading →
“Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m schizophrenic, and so am I.”
I adore the color blue. All shades of it. When I moved out on my own and started purchasing things for my apartment, they were mostly blue: towels, bedsheets, plates, etc. It was all very apparent when my mom came to visit me for the first time exclaiming "I didn't know you liked the color... Continue Reading →
Holiday card fail
My real job took over any notion of the holidays this year. One day I worked 24 hours straight from 8 a.m. and my head did not hit the pillow until 9 a.m. the next day. I was delirious when December 25 rolled around and I'm still recovering. My job is not fun this time... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 