My trip to Kalustyan’s motivated me to get my spices organized. I have collected several different ones over the years (yes, I know, I shouldn’t keep spices for years), and had them all on a rotating two-tiered spice rack. This is what my countertop used to look like: This is what it looks like now: [...]
Archive for the ‘kitchen accessories’ Category
Getting organized
Posted in kitchen accessories on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Best. Pancakes. Ever.
Posted in brunch, kitchen accessories, tagged lemon ricotta pancakes on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despite the fact that this is the second time in one week that I am writing about making pancakes, the truth is that I’m not a huge pancake person. I’ll take french toast or waffles over pancakes any day. That said, the pancakes I made yesterday morning might have converted me. I awoke with a [...]
Carbo-loading
Posted in dinner in, kitchen accessories, tagged baked whole wheat penne, caramelized onion focaccia, chicken meatballs on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The night before the Brooklyn Half-Marathon, which I ran yesterday, I had some friends who were also running the race over for a carb-heavy meal. The most labor-intensive thing I made was a caramelized onion focaccia. It’s actually much easier than it may seem, you just need to set aside enough time for the dough [...]
Moffle party
Posted in brunch, japan, kitchen accessories, tagged moffle on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two days ago, I fulfilled one of my goals for this trip: I bought a moffle maker. Many of my relatives here had learned of the appliance for the first time through me, so I decided what better time to first use it than at a family brunch. Yesterday, Kuri and Seri were in from [...]
Heading east
Posted in kitchen accessories, tagged moffle on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday morning Dave and I will board a plane to Tokyo. 2008 marked only the second year since I was born that I didn’t make it to Japan, so I am very excited. This will be Dave’s second trip. Since we did a lot of the touristy things on his first trip, next week [...]
-
Subscribe…
Categories
- baked treat (23)
- biweekly photo (33)
- brunch (19)
- california (14)
- celebrity chef (4)
- date night (1)
- dinner in (11)
- dinner out (33)
- ethnic excursion (2)
- farm visit (1)
- food media (1)
- japan (13)
- kitchen accessories (5)
- lunch out (20)
- market (1)
- party (9)
- recipe revamp (1)
- seattle (14)
- sweets (13)
- tricks of the trade (3)
- Uncategorized (2)
- vermont (7)
Archives
- September 2009 (9)
- August 2009 (28)
- July 2009 (19)
- June 2009 (21)
- May 2009 (30)
- April 2009 (27)
- March 2009 (5)
