i’m just setting up for tonight’s secret dinner. i can’t share any menu details because i want it to be a surprise, but i think it’s going to be tasty. today is a smallish one, 10 people in my backyard because A- it’s soo nice out and B- there’s a band practice in the living room. pictures and details to come, post-dinner.
so i tried to cook sea asparagus! it is very salty so i soaked in it 2 changes of ice water for a while. this is to get some of the saltiness out and to rinse out all the sand. then it’s time to trim the ends and any icky bits, trim off anything yellowy green (older), keep the jadey green parts. it gets a bit woody as it gets old. then i blanched it. that […]
as soon the wedding madness wrapped up, i ran away to an island 3 ferries away from here, for 4 days. most of my cooking involved making sandwiches with a plastic knife and using my legs as a plate before swimming, or eating chips in a tent. i did weasel my way into the kitchen one morning and made a brunch, i can’t go that long without cooking or i start to feel crazy. it […]
OH HELLO THERE so right now is the time where i fulfill my offer to make a wedding cake/cupcakes for 150 and do the flowers (with little to no prior experience. ambition or insanity?). IT IS CRUNCH TIME. i am majorly sleepy and not going to write out any recipes (i am living on icing and coffee currently) but here are some photos of parts of the things i have done. tomorrow i decorate the […]
easy tasty soup. i was feeling a bit sick and i think this did me right. the secret brown rice in it makes it more filling that you’d expect. oil 1 head cauliflower, chopped however 1 red onion, diced 4 tbsp grated ginger 6 cloves garlic, pressed 2 tsp coriander seeds 3 heaping tbsp curry powder 1 tsp red curry paste 1 heaping tsp chili paste 1 tsp tumeric 6 cups broth 1 cup water […]
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