Braising is two-step cooking process in which meat or vegetables are first cooked in a skillet to promote browning and then cooked in a flavorful liquid over a long period of time. However, unlike stewing or poaching, the food is not totally submerged in the liquid. Cooks braise when they want to soften tougher cuts […]
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Asian Braised Tofu
Braised tofu. For some reason, the very concept terrified me. In fact, despite doing some very good braised dishes in my life (if I do say so myself), the whole technique seems exotic and difficult. Then again, sometimes you have a meal (like the Fire Bird from Blue Koi made with braised tofu instead of […]
Making Simple Syrup
I learned something important tonight. The ratio for making simple syrup is 2 to 1. HOWEVER, it’s not 2 parts water to 1 part sugar. Rather, it’s 2 parts sugar to 1 part water. Bring to a boil and then let cool. It was that kind of night! 
It’s Sushi Time!
Just wanted to give everyone the head’s up… Over on SheKnows.com, I recently had an article published on How to Make Your Own Sushi Everyone check it out and then getting to sushi making!
Eggplant Parm
So after yesterday, we’re back to what we do best: recipes. (Yay recipes!) This post was inspired by my Twitter buddy @fiftiesguy, who once told me, to my absolute horror, he wasn’t a big fan of eggplant. Once I recovered from my complete shock, I promised I would create, espeically for him, this recipe: Eggplant […]
No Fear And Owning A Recipe
In my recipe for Orange Rice, I mentioned my friend Carissa was a good enough chef to “own the recipe.” I didn’t talk much about it, but I got to thinking about it later. I wrote that entire post off the cuff sort since I am between series right now and thought the recipe might […]
Orange Rice
The other day, my friend Carissa emailed to ask a question. It seemed that she was going to serve 30 guests that evening and wanted some thoughts on making this recipe from RecipeZaar for Fresh Orange Rice and wanted my thoughts on how to make it. First off, Carissa is a great cook, so I […]
Spam Sushi
I can’t believe I’m doing this… Spam Sushi Okay, so really, there are so many things wrong with spam sushi including: It’s spam It’s spam It’s sushi made from spam But it’s soooo good! I hadn’t thought about it for a while, but @eatlikeagirl was talking about spam on Twitter and I opened my big […]
A Grateful Dead Valentine’s Day
Okay, so this isn’t the normal type of post I’d make on the blog, but at the request of the Party Planning Professor, I was asked to put together a small menu for a friend whose husband loves the Grateful Dead. As you probably know, the Dead are an American icon for their great music, […]
Deep Fried Vegan Sushi – Junk Food Post #10
Consider the following entry into the amazing world of sushi-dom just a taste of things to come. On a personal level, I am slowly leaving my Chinese phase and am strongly considering a sushi-at-home phase. Either way, I thought that deep fried sushi would be a perfect entry for unResolution month because sushi, if the […]