Tomatilla!

Cherry Scones (OK, from one of those Sticky Fingers mixes) are in the oven. Coffee is made (blend of Peet’s Aged Sumatran and an Ethiopian Yergachafe from Whole Paycheck) and being drunk. Tools are out, aligned and ready. Materials are all lined up and ready to go. Time to install gutters and the best part [...]

It has been a rough week. I’m not really over the job loss and am already having to face up to the hard realities of living in the Bay Area with a mortgage and two kids and no income. I’ve gotten started on working on the house a bit. I tore down about a sixth [...]

The fourth round of Is My Blog Burning (IMBB) is upon us and as of this morning there were 46 amazing entries. You can find them all here in Pim’s witty and tres gourmand blog.

I got very excited about this next chapter in the unfolding journey through the foods of the world that is IMBB (Is My Blog Burning?) The subject was Around the World in a Bowl of Rice and I had thought about my favorite basmati pilau with cardamom, cumin, coriander seeds and onion, or a soft, [...]

How do they do it? There is a local restaurant/grocery that a few months back started selling hot rotisserie chickens. They come off the roaster at 1PM and 5PM. You can order them by phone and they’ll reserve them for you. They cost $7.95 per chicken. Now I know that at places like Costco and [...]

…isn’t me (what a shock!) and officially isn’t going to be me. Semi-finalists were supposed to be contacted by May 1st. The cook-offs themselves start this weekend. So my effort didn’t make the cut.

Oh well, I had fun. And now I can let you all know what I made and give you the pictures…

The rules [...]

OK, I know I’ve written about this before, but I have improved a little on the method and have found a few spices that work even a little better and most importantly, I have a picture so you can SEE how good this is.

Baked Fried Paprika Spiced Chicken

First get about a quarter of a loaf [...]

[Warning - politics ahead...]

Abu Musab Zarqawi is widely regarded as masterminding most of the bombings and terrorist-caused deaths in Iraq. He also claimed responsibility for the beheading of Nick Berg, the poor, decent civilian who was executed yesterday.

Bush and his National Security Council turned down the chance to capture this terrorist and destroy his main [...]

The very interesting IMBB (Is My Blog Burning?) cooking project is upon us again. The last time was cake and this time it is ‘Around the world in a bowl of rice’.

I will, of course, take part and so you can expect to see more news about this on May 23rd.

In common with other food bloggers, I have been getting fava beans lately in my box of organic veggies.

I actually have saved them up for a couple of weeks since I wanted to make a large batch of fava bean hummus for our party. This is what I mostly do with the beans when I [...]