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Sick. In bed.
Posted by chris on Dec 30th, 2008 2 comments
I caught myself a powerful cold yesterday. So now I’m running a fever and I’m starving, but don’t feel well enough to cook or leave the house in search of food. Getting restless here! If the illness doesn’t destroy me, starvation surely will.
I’ve been awake for 7 hours and the only nourishment I’ve had is two glasses of orange juice — and now there’s no more! Someone wants me to go crazy… Maybe it’s you.
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Tamales: A Mexican Holiday Food Tradition
Posted by Ana on Dec 15th, 2008 3 comments
In Mexican Culture it’s tradition to make Tamales around this time of year. It usually means you have to make over a hundred of them because you can almost have guaranteed, everyone and their momma’s will be over your house eating tamales. This is the first year I made some. Ok, wait. I’m not going to take all the credit. I mean, buying the maza (corn dough), meat and spreading them on the corn husks count, right? haha. But honestly, my Grandma cooked the meat and we bought premade Maza a few days before we actually made them. However, it was a lot of work! It paid off though. They came out delicious and I’ve had them twice today. Reheated tamales are the best!
Is there a certain food you make around this time of year or for any certain holiday?
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Coffee and other fluids
Posted by chris on Dec 10th, 2008 1 comment
I’m sitting in Orchard Valley Coffee, eating a mushroom-chard quiche & drinking a hazelnut latte. The quiche ain’t bad — in the same way that any kind of bread with a bunch of cheese “ain’t bad” — but I’ve had better.
It’s 2PM and this cafe is packed. They have a huge space with tons of tables, benches & couches and almost every seat in the house is taken. Every power outlet within sitting distance is occupied. I thought I was the only one who had nothing better to do in the afternoon. What are all these people doing here at this time of day? Don’t they have jobs to work and life goals to accomplish? Damn hippies!
Ana is talking with me on AIM. She stepped away to tend to her daughter for a moment, but when she came back, she said, “That was the biggest PP diaper I’ve seen in my LIFE! The diaper was pleading, ‘No more pp please…’”
My response:
You’d think this would deter me from drinking my latte… BUT NO!
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In the mood for…
Posted by annie on Dec 6th, 2008 add a comment
Banana stuffed french toast with bacon and maple syrup from Public
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Two meals
Posted by annie on Dec 5th, 2008 add a comment
I only had two meals today:
- pork noodle soup with potatoes and dried scallops (my mom’s recipe)
- frozen yogurt with mango and mochi
- chicken and rice soup
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Cupcakes
Posted by annie on Dec 5th, 2008 add a comment
Everybody loves cupcakes, but people are apeshit crazy about the cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery in New York. The line often goes around the block. I tried them last spring and they’re yummy, but I wouldn’t stand in line for them again…
But they’re pretty, no?
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In the mood for…
Posted by annie on Dec 5th, 2008 1 comment
Moroccan food!
What you’re looking at is vegetable cous cous with hummus on top and a side of spicy sausage.
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I need a jet
Posted by annie on Dec 4th, 2008 add a comment
I’m in the mood for hazelnut waffles with warm berries.
Too bad they’re on the menu at Balthazar in New York. sigh.
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Chinese cabbage soup
Posted by annie on Dec 4th, 2008 add a comment
Here is a picture of the soup that I’m crazy about. I’ve described it here and here.
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Goma Dressing
Posted by annie on Dec 4th, 2008 add a comment
Goma dressing is a thick Japanese sesame seed dressing that goes great on salad, veggies, noodles, rice, chicken…
If you’ve ever had tahini, which is ground sesame seed paste, goma is kind of like that, but with a much richer and deeper flavor.
You’d think something so tasty would be fatty, but each serving of goma dressing (2 tbsp) is only 25 calories! In comparison, the Hidden Valley buttermilk ranch dressing in my fridge is 140 calories per serving (also 2 tbsp). I’d also like to add that while goma dressing had 0 calories from fat, the ranch has 130 calories from fat!
In consideration of those of you who don’t live near a Japanese grocery store, I’ve been trying to look online for a recipe, but it seems like most recipes include items you’d have to purchase from a Japanese grocery store…
