Month: September 2007

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A Moment To Remember

I know it’s off topic, but even after so many years, I still have to take a moment to remember those who worked to rescue others during 9/11, those who lost their lives during the attack, and our troops overseas.  No matter what your politics or food preference, we all want our soldiers to be safe. […]

techniques

I Made the Perfect Eggs

On the campout this weekend, I fixed the best scrambled eggs that I have made and I owe it to two things: high heat and fresh ground black pepper. To make the eggs, I cracked a dozen into a nonstick skillet, added a pinch of salt, a pinch of garlic powder, and about ten turns (quite a lot) […]

techniques

Camping Vegetarian

This weekend I went camping with my family who, while supportive of my vegetarianism, would not touch seitan with a ten foot pole.  (And upon first glance, I cannot really blame them…)  Still, I was able to successfully prove that I can go out into the wild, eat not a touch of meat, and never […]

recipes

Salmon En Papillote/Cooking With Wine

On Monday, I made salmon en papillote, which is salmon cooked in a pouch of parchment paper.  Having watched Alton Brown and my cooking instructor’s sous chef create salmon en papillote, I was pretty (over)confident that I create the dish.  I learned the hard way not to be stingy with the parchment paper.  That is […]

reviews

Review: Fire Wok

On the recommendation of one of my loyal readers (who really should comment instead of email ;)), Tina, Ethan, and I tried Fire Wok on Johnson Drive by the arts theatre despite a promise to ourselves that we would never eat at Chinese buffets again.  Our aversion to Chinese buffets comes in no small part from the preponderance of fried […]

reviews

Shogun

Tonight Ethan and I went to Shogun Japanese Steakhouse.  I have been fairly remiss in not reviewing the restaurant until now because Shogun is the finest sushi place I have eaten and I eat a lot of American-style sushi. The owner, Andy, is also the head sushi chef and does a lot of work in […]