Date night ended with lively conversation at the beautifully designed Barbacco bar. iPad wine list was fun to play with but lost on us teetotalers. Photos, unfortunately, came out way too dark to share. Sashimi fluke with strawberry, shaved fennel, and dill vinaigrette Roast mushrooms and herbed ricotta. Not my favorite but a safe choice. House made salumi Rims de Trentino cheese with pomegranate gelatina, rich...
Affordable curry burgers, saag burritos or wraps, are rounded out with an extra $4 combo of mint mango lassi and samosa. Thali dinners available, as well as spicy Paneer and Chili Cheese melted over sweet potato fries. Lines can be long when the place is busy, but I found the pace swift and the people friendly. One time, when the restaurant was nearly...
Unfortunately my local grocer was out of taro, so I bought some sweet potato instead. I imagine taro will give the sauce the right consistency. 1 cup coconut, grated, dried4 green chilies1 tsp kala jeera/black cumin1 tbsp coconut oil 2 cup sweet potato, diced. 2 tsp turmeric 2 tsp tamarind concentrate 1 tbsp ghee 1/2 tsp mustard seed1/2 large onion or shallot, dicedcurry...
8 oz paneer, cubed 1/4 cup yogurt 1/8 tsp turmeric1 tsp salt 1 tbsp ghee1/4 tsp kalonji aka nigella seed1 tsp coriander seeds 1/4 tsp methi aka fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper 1/2 tsp fennel seeds4 whole red chilies1/8 tsp asefetida, very scant Mix paneer, yogurt, turmeric and salt. Heat ghee and roast whole spices and chilies. Cool slightly and grind in a mortar and...
1/2 cucumber, small diced 2 cups yogurt 1/4 cup mint 1 tsp kala jeera, lightly dry roasted 1/8 tsp black pepper pinch ground cayenne, to taste 1/4 tsp salt Combine ingredients thoroughly. ...
Adapted from Lisa's Kitchen. 1 cup split urad dal, white. Washed and soaked in hot water for 30-60 min. Soaking is not entirely necessary but helpful to reduce the cooking time.3 cups water1/2 tsp turmeric1/2 tsp tamarind concentrate 2 cups crushed tomato with juice, canned curry leaves 1 tbsp ghee 2 tsp kala jeera/black cumin5 dried red chilies, crumbled 2 green chilies2 tsp...
beef short ribs soy sauce red miso mirin, sake sugar, brown or palm water or beef stock peppercorn butter herbs - bay, thyme Marinate meat overnight. Remove from liquid let rest for at least 30 minutes. Pat dry and lightly brown in butter. Add herbs and slowly braise beef in the marinade and enough stock to cover, about 2 hours or till tender. Crockpot...
1 1/4 cup blanched almonds 1 tsp cornstarch 1/2 cup granulated sugar, caster sugar or powdered sugar 2 large eggs whites. Old eggs or eggs whites left for several days, covered, in the fridge are supposed to promote cohesive cookies. I don't know why. 1/4 cup granulated sugar pinch of salt 3/4 tsp almond extract. This amount depends on your taste and the...
The original from No Recipes And below... how it plays in my kitchen. Hayashi Rice olive oil 1 lb beef, sukiyaki or thinly sliced angus 3 medium onions, thinly sliced, caramelized 2 tsp garlic paste 2 cup red wine 1/4 lb pearl onion 1/2 lb mushrooms, quartered 3 cup water and 1.5 tbsp demi-glace, or 3 cup strong beef broth 3 tbsp ketchup or tomato paste...
Image from SF Weekly. Crispy, melty sandwich and friendly if distracted service (very busy, those guys) at Mission Cheese. Will definitely be back for a tasting/buying binge in the near future, as they carry "Stinky & Delicious" cheeses like Nicasio (SF Weekly's pick for best local cheese 2011), Red Hawk (which isn't really that stinky). ...
Lovely no fuss pasta recipe from 101 cookbooks that works great as freezer food. I used large pyrex pie pans for baking, and gouda instead of mozzarella. All my lemons were missing their zest, so I just substituted several squeezes of juice, and added green onions to the cheese. 1 lb large pasta shells filling: 16 oz ricotta 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon salt 1...
Pretty dessert shop in San Mateo with beautifully molded ice cream cakes, small batch gelato and tender flavored mochi. Mini french pastries are asian inflected with tropical flavors. The above is the Lychee Bavarian cake, tasting slightly artificial (like sweetener), a dry sponge, and a floral aroma (personal turnoff). I will probably try another flavor next time, but will definitely go back for the...
Adapted from Alice Medrich's recipe, which can be found all over the net. 1 cup AP flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 pecans, crushed1/4 tsp salt 1/2 lb butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 scant cup cacao nibs Typical two stage mix recipeChilled log slice shaping.375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. http://www.notderbypie.com/whole-wheat-sables/ ...
To the fundamental question belying model asian american career choices and how academics/expectations stifles self expression/desire, comedian (and certified M.D.) Ken Jeong answers: "I don't think I was stifled, I think that I was worried that I would feel trapped, that I would lose my window of opportunity to do something I wanted to do. So I split the difference, I compromised. In...
Meatballs 3/4 cup whole wheat flour, chickpea flour, fine bulgar, cooked rice or split peas 1 cup boiling water 2 lbs ground lamb/beef 3 tbs olive oil 1 large onion, grated 2 large eggs 1/2 cup fresh minced herbs, packed - mint, dill, tarragon, parsley, cilantro 2.5 tbsp advieh or spice/seasoning mixture. 1 tsp salt opt* nuts, finely chopped pine nuts, pistachio Preheat...
Beautiful and voluptuous, tactile. Such is the exhibit of Borchgrave's paper art on display at the Legion of Honor. A hard seed though, of the uncanny, pokes at me as a I walk through the compact exhibit. Here are beautiful gowns and jewels of Bronzino's Eleanor of Toledo, historical, complete, but stiff and mummified and slightly cartoonish in the rendering of the real,...
"I discount the theory. I just go and look at the building." - Huxtable.Without much preamble, Charlie Rose interviewing Ada Louise Huxtable. And a tidbit from Paul Goldberger, a lecture from 2003, Architecture Criticism: Does It Matter? ...
The illustrious Perdido Street Station was an interesting read with a lot of ideas, but well... enthusiastic with clunky young writer prose. Even the the author himself admitted in an interview that the writing was perhaps not quite up to snuff. But China Mieville has grown up. Or rather grown into his skin. And Kraken is just so. Incorporating street slang and meta hipness...
Revenge of a Kabuki Actor Also known as An Actor's Revenge, director Kon Ichigawa combines stylized pulp and arthouse purity in a film built of precise, rhythmic compositions, illicit conversations half concealed by foreground objects, a comically loose patter of dialogue hiding razor sharp intent. The theatrical staging, traditionally japanese, is swathed in saturated mid-century film stock, and a hip 60's soundtrack. A suggestion of international...
Enjoyed this simple cake from 101cookbooks.com, which fluffed better than expected when baked in a 9" cake tin. Below is the recipe with my adjustments. Floured pan and parchment on the bottom does the trick when it comes time to flip. 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour 1 tbsp baking powder 3/4 cup fine-grain natural cane sugar (or brown sugar) 2 tbsp...
Biographies are a kind of mirage, a layer of one person over another, a layer of time over the past, everything constructed, artificial, or perhaps overly factual in an effort not to be artificial, although there's always a feeling that the entire narrative is an act of fiction and that the subject not only disappears but will never have been once the film is inevitably...
People who feel out of control in their lives, trying to do the wrong thing by the right means. Channeling that adolescent sense of invincibility and anger. That wistful nostalgia. Lovely winsome film that reminds you that no matter what, you do have a choice. ...
With all my time devoted to learning Revit as quickly as possible, I havn't had a lot left over for cooking and dishwashing. I found this article for 101 "fast" foods in the New York Times. Some of these are intuitive, we do sausage dogs as well as cannellini bean salad a lot, but a nice consolidated list is convenient for those quick...
