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Tag Archives: cooking
Mother’s Day Breakfast
Last night’s dinner was for her birthday, but today is Mother’s Day, so I had to cook breakfast for She Who Must Be Obeyed: thick cut applewood sliced bacon, toasted sourdough bread, and scrambled eggs. Not just any scrambled eggs, … Continue reading
Fourth Annual Birthday Dinner
Today I’m spending most of the day in the kitchen preparing the fourth annual birthday dinner for She Who Must Be Obeyed. It’s a dinner party for eight, usually three courses, all dishes that I don’t usually cook. It gives … Continue reading
“Pork Dinner for Four in Half an Hour”
In “How I Learned to Cook” I mentioned that one of the two cookbooks I owned was Julia Child’s The French Chef Cookbook. As I read through the book looking for recipes that I could prepare in a tiny kitchen … Continue reading
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Easter Dinner for 25
My mother’s parents hosted dinners for our entire extended Italian family on Easter, Thanksgiving, and Xmas. When my grandmother died, her three children — my mom, her brother, and her sister — each took on the responsibility of hosting one … Continue reading
Tortillitas with Shrimp
I often learn about the latest installment of Mark Bittman’s “The Minimalist” column in The New York Times when the videocast shows up on my TiVo queue. I watched this video last night and decided to make it for dinner … Continue reading
How I Learned to Cook
Blame it on the MIT Food Service. For my first two undergraduate years I ate my meals in the dining room in my dorm, MacGregor House. I had a book of “points” — tickets I turned in for breakfast, lunch, … Continue reading
Braised Short Ribs
I love cooking short ribs. They’re inexpensive, full of flavor, and the standard cooking method — braising — couldn’t be simpler. The last time I made these I tried Mark Bittman’s recipe for short ribs with coffee and chiles, but … Continue reading
Avgolemono Soup
Before embarking on my fabulous career as a freelancer and obscure blogger, I worked at a multimedia production company at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Newbury Street in Boston. I ate lunch at Steve’s Greek Restaurant at least every … Continue reading
Katsu Curry (A Slight Return)
I didn’t clarify in yesterday’s post that I had not yet eaten the Cafe Mami katsu curry, since I had tried the two different preparations at home. Today was a half day for Miles, so we had lunch at the … Continue reading
Katsu Curry
The Super 88 may be the best food court in Boston, but in Cambridge that honor goes to the Porter Exchange and its collection of Japanese (and one Korean) eateries. One hole-in-the wall place there stands out from the rest: … Continue reading