August 2009
42 posts
Grilled Clams With Lemon-Cayenne Butter - Recipe -... →
Did you know NYT Dining & Wine has a recipe search? At the top of the far right column. You’d almost miss it. I can’t wait to try this recipe out. The ingredients look simple enough and the predicted cooking time is 15 minutes (I usually double or triple this for myself).
NYT also has a restaurant search (also, very hidden in the right hand column). But the Washingtonian’s...
“Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat...”
– the Selkirk grace
“Food always comes to those who love to cook.”
– Gusteau (Brad Garrett), Ratatouille (via eunichick) (via quote-book)
“The waist is a terrible thing to mind.”
– Tom Wilson. (via thedailywhat)
a foodie's last summer hurrah in DC
to sum up, highlights from this weekend:
breakfasts/brunches/dessert at Maria’s
dinner at Mourayo’s
late night diner wings, extra crispy, light on the sauce
canoeing on the Potomac
drinks and dessert at Third Edition
dinner at Kotobuki
Julie & Julia
Chinese fruit cake
delicious :)
Movie Review: Julie & Julia
I watched the movie yesterday and read the NYT review today. Full disclosure: I read this piece on food as a film prop and this Times magazine story on the transformation of American cooking into a “spectator sport.” (And now I just read this article on the uniquely happy AND realistic portrayal of marriage in J&J.) So while the movie was largely spoiled for me pre-viewing (2 bored...
Restaurant Review: Mourayo's →
Courtesy of Groupon, the boyfriend and I went to dinner at Mourayo’s Friday night. Mourayo’s, “unique, contemporary and traditional Greek cuisine” (awful tagline), was rated #53 of DC’s 100 Best Restaurants by the Washingtonian this year.
Random tangent: I am a big fan of the Washingtonian, probably DC’s most widely circulated culture and lifestyle...
Restaurant Review: Kotobuki →
Saturday night we went to Kotobuki, craving sushi after a hot afternoon canoeing on the Potomac (one of the best outdoors activities to do in DC during the summer) and shopping in Georgetown. This was also another Washingtonian find, #52 on the 2009100 Best Restaurants in DC list.
It’s quite a drive to get there, since it’s in the Palisades neighborhood, next to the reservoir. The...
The Girl Who Ate Everything →
just found one of my favorite blogs (as i relocate all the food blogs i used to read back in the day). she has really great tips for the NYC area, as well as international cuisines. i’m super jealous of her travels and meals. and camera.
Korean Recipes at Food Down Under Recipe Database →
i’ll be trying my hand soon at some of these. the marinades for the barbecued meat sound easy enough. i just think you have to find the right cuts. everything else is pretty similar to Chinese cooking. if you try one of these recipes, let me know the results!
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WatchHulu - Saturday Night Live: The French Chef
SNL does Julia Child. (via sevenlbsoflove)
50 of the world's best food blogs - Times Online →
put these on your blogroll / in your rss.
i’ll try to compile a tumblr list eventually, if there are enough impressive ones out there.
The Joyce Chen Cookbook →
Someone please please buy this for me so that I can blog my way through it. Joyce Chen is the Julia Child of Chinese cooking in America. (Julia was actually a big fan.) She hosted the first nationally broadcasted ethnic / Chinese cooking show, the PBS program “Joyce Chen Cooks.” I would have preferred a Cantonese cookbook but this would work. Otherwise I’ll just have to stick...
the ultimate test / meme →
Appetite for China posted this list of the 100 Chinese Foods to Try Before You Die. Time to prove my mettle. Crossed out are the foods I’ve eaten before.
Almond milk
Ants Climbing a Tree (poetic, not literal, name)
Asian pear
Baby bok choy ♥
Baijiu
Beef brisket
Beggar’s Chicken
Bingtang hulu ♥ in the summer in Beijing they have a restaurant version of this, usually candied...
When Sweet, Salty, Sour and Bitter Are Just Not... →
part of the reason i’m starting this blog is because i’m learning about the things i’ve enjoyed and taken for granted for so long in my cultural background. it’s amazing how much you can experience but not really know.
take this idea of a “fifth taste” for example: umami or 鲜 (xian1). now that i think about it, it dominates cantonese cooking. my aunt makes soup...
Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in... →
just added to my Amazon wishlist.
Appetite for China | 1.3 billion people must be... →
must-read blog for any Chinese food enthusiast.