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So much ice cream

Posted in party, sweets, tagged on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

My CSA has its annual grill night on Tuesday. I volunteered to make the ice cream. That’s right, ice cream for 100. I filled every single plastic container we had in the apartment. I made eight flavors of ice cream and three of sorbet. Most of my recipes were taken from The Perfect Scoop by [...]

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Father’s Day feast

Posted in dinner in, party on June 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »

My father loves Indian food. So, I decided to make an Indian feast for Father’s Day, and we invited both sets of parents over. A few days before the big meal, I made a list and headed straight for Kalustyan’s. Located in the “Curry Hill” neighborhood, Kalustyan’s stocks every spice, bean, flour, and condiment you could [...]

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Here’s to you Mr. Beard

Posted in celebrity chef, party, tagged on May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The James Beard Awards are the Academy Awards of the culinary field. It’s one night where you can see the likes of Mario Batali rubbing shoulders with Daniel Boulud and Eric Ripert, all dressed in black tie. Sadly, I didn’t see any of them as I spent most of the awards tying pickled ramps in [...]

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The fifth taste

Posted in ethnic excursion, party, tagged on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, Clare and I served as volunteer assistants for Chef Mamie, one of the teachers of public classes at the Natural Gourmet. We were cooking for an event hosted by the NYWCA (New York Women’s Culinary Alliance) highlighting umami*. The “fifth taste” (after the basic four: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter), umami is strongly present in [...]

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Promoting peace, one cake at a time

Posted in baked treat, party, tagged , on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Our flight from Seattle landed yesterday morning at 1:00 am in Newark, we were home by 2:00. I managed to squeeze in five hours of sleep before I was off to Fairway with my granny cart to stock up on food. I then cooked all day (with lots of help from Jenn who got roped [...]

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Duck Soup

Posted in dinner out, party, seattle, tagged , , on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last night’s wedding festivities ended with a candlelit dinner at Duck Soup, considered by many to be the best restaurant on San Juan Island. Cam raves about the place, so I arrived hungry and excited, still a bit buzzed from the afternoon champagne. Set off of a small pond in a rustic log cabin, the [...]

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Perfect island day

Posted in baked treat, party, seattle, tagged , , on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Arriving in the San Juan Islands, for me, is like reuniting with a happier, truer version of myself. As soon as I drive off the ferry onto one of the islands (usually Orcas Island, my favorite place on earth, but this weekend we are on San Juan Island where my friend Cameni grew up) there [...]

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Spring is in the air

Posted in baked treat, party, tagged on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We attended our first barbecue of the season last night, hosted by Dave’s friend Matt on the roof deck of his building. It had been advertised as a Wisconsin-themed bbq but the only hint of this I saw at the party itself were the cheese curds, brought by Matt’s brother who was in town visiting [...]

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Going out of business

Posted in baked treat, party, tricks of the trade, tagged , on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A friend of Dave’s from biz school, Tom, is graduating and moving back to DC so he decided to throw a “Going out of business” party for which I had the privilege of making the food. I was told to cook for 50-60 people and so I made several larger dishes that would feed the [...]

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