Monthly archive March, 2010

Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal 3

A friend of mine mentioned that she made soba noodles one night for dinner.  I couldn’t get soba out of my head.  I could think of eating nothing else until I had a fill of buckwheat spaghetti.  And cilantro.  I needed lots of cilantro. Dining companion:  No Reservations – Brittany 1. Cook soba noodles according...

Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal 2

I saw a caramelized apple and cheddar grilled cheese sandwich on Tastespotting and wanted something similar.  Caramelized apples.  Why not caramelized apples and onions?  No cheddar in the fridge.  Manchego.  Some arugula for good measure. Dining companion:  April’s Bon Appetit For this sandwich, I … 1. Sauteed (one) sliced onion in a little olive oil...

Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal 1

In an attempt to spend more time on myself, cook more and thus, blog more, I bring you my first Solo Suppers Beyond Cereal.  Quick posts of the meals I decide to make myself instead of assembling a bowl of cereal.  Living alone just makes it too easy to be lazy.  Especially when the event...

The best way to compost…

… is to follow the real recipe! Remember when I tried to make the Momofuku compost cookie? Well, I just found out that the actual recipe has been posted.  On Regis and Kelly’s website of all places.  And there’s quite an interesting secret step involving the eggs. Happy baking if you try them. Momofuku Compost...

Breaking in the Bertazzoni with Osso Buco

When our $600 gas range, purchased twelve years ago during our university student years and selected because it was the absolute cheapest gas option we could find, decided to start taking one hour to heat to barely 300 degrees, we questioned the sense in fixing it. It seemed like the perfect moment to seize the...