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- Green Tea Vol-Au-Vents with Caramelized Pear
I brought a couple of bags of matcha green tea powder back from Hong Kong, and I’d been trying to think of something to do with them. Not as easy as you’d think. I don’t have an ice cream maker, green tea creme brulee has been done, and buttercream scares me (both to eat and […]
- Anatomy of a Real Meal
I am 26 years old, and I struggle in New York City.
I do not have cloth napkins. I think napkin rings are absurd.
For every scarlet rhubarb tart I bake to match my $10-apiece IKEA chairs, there are eight or ten lean meals of instant ramen and poached eggs.
I really do brunoise and julienne things for […]
- In Which I Complain Profusely About The State of Sushi In America
Psst: I hate super-rolls. Caterpillar rolls, dragon rolls, rolls wrapped in eel and stuffed with avocado, rolls wrapped in avocado and stuffed with eel, spicy tuna rolls, spicy crunchy salmon rolls: they all taste exactly the same–which is to say, of avocado. Now, I like avocado as much as anybody, but come on. I am […]
- Aerial Rant and Noodle Soup Odyssey, Part I
I’m starting this entry five and a half hours into a fifteen-hour plane ride. Technology! This is the first plane I’ve ever flown in with an electrical outlet at every seat, not to mention enough computer games (crosswords included) to make a nerd like me want the ride to go on just a little longer. […]
