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Recent Posts
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Slimy Yet Satisfying
Over two years ago, I was at a Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles getting ready to get my sushi on. Since it would be a wait until the sushi arrived, I needed a couple of appetizers to tame the stomach growls for a bit. I wanted something different, something unique, something that not all Japanese restaurants offered. As I read the list of appetizers, one item caught my eye. It was Japanese Mountain Yam, topped with raw quail eggs and strips of seaweed. Well, I [...]
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A Sriracha Confession
The hot sauce spotlight is certainly shining bright on Sriracha. It seems as if the momentum of it’s so-called ability to make anything deliciously spicy is showing no signs of slowing down. It’s so mainstream that it’s even one of the finalists in the Lay’s new potato chip flaver contest. That rooster has certainly come a long way. The surging popularity of the chili sauce has quite an amazing the fan base. There’s always some Sriracha fanboy who goes absolutely apeshit over Sriracha when it’s [...]
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The Case of the Post Flu Appetite
I wasn’t too far from reaching the finish line of the end of the flu season. I was doing rather well, keeping a steady pace ahead of the flu as it made it’s way infecting others around me. Then it happened, what I thought was a slight cold was actually the flu starting to gain on me. We were neck an neck, but the virus was much better at this race than I was. I had lost. Losers receive a consolation prize of fever, chills,sore [...]
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All Hail the Queen!
I had just finished a steaming bowl of pho in South Philly and walked across the street to the Asian supermarket to “burn off” my lunch. It was no different than the other ones I’ve been to. The stale smell of fruits and vegetables in varying stages of ripeness greeted me with welcome arms when I stepped inside. From the shopping cart scratched white floor tiles to washed out bright fluorescent lights, it was the same generic Asian supermarket template. Usually, I don’t find items that pique [...]
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Get Your Sugar and Antioxidant Fix With Green Tea Chiffon Cake
I am using the Chiffon Cake recipe from America’s Test Kitchen, with one very slight modification, I replaced the vanilla extract with green tea powder (matcha). It took me a few tries until I got the cooking method down and to save you a bit of grief of watching the cake deflate as it is removed from the oven, let’s increase your odds of success the first time. First, you will need an Angel Food Cake Pan, do NOT use a bundt cake pan! The [...]
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Anthony Bourdain’s Ask Me Anything on Reddit
Anthony Bourdain recently did an IAmA session on Reddit. These sessions give Redditors a break from posting cat pictures and a chance to ask famous and important people questions. Nothing is off the table. The entire interview by readers of the site was very entertaining. It’s raw, it’s honest, and it’s damn delicious. A must read for Anthony Bourdain fans. Click for the AMA!
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