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July 2007 - Posts

So crowded nobody goes there anymore

Over the weekend Seattle Center hosted its annual spectacle of mediocre food. I almost completely forgot it was set to happen until I spotted a note about it in one of the Seattle weekly papers late in the week. My left foot is still easily inflamed, Read More...
Posted Monday, July 23, 2007 11:17 PM by jason | 0 Comments

Summertime socials

The last few days I've been fairly social, meaning that my kitchen is seeing only minimal use. Except for a Friday night experiment preparing chappati and Indira's green garbanzo and paneer dish with a haphazard, soft, homemade almost-paneer that was Read More...
Posted Monday, July 16, 2007 10:51 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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Pistachio saffron kulfi, slightly altered for life with an ice cream maker

I can't remember exactly when I first heard of saffron kulfi, but I think it was mentioned in a Bharti Kirchner novel, or perhaps a desi short story collection. The book waxed poetic about the value of slowly simmering saffron and cardamom, which reduces Read More...
Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 11:59 AM by jason | 10 Comments
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Chestnut focaccia

Seattle doesn't really believe in air conditioning. It's not that it doesn't exist; we only use it as a way of guaranteeing productivity, at offices and schools, or for keeping people restless and uncomfortable so that they'll make their purchases and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:51 PM by jason | 5 Comments

Just tabbouleh... but still unforgettable

Tabbouleh. Perhaps unfairly, I somehow associate it with college, wannabe hippies, and 70s-style vegetarianism. Not that there's anything wrong with any of that. But this marginalization in my mind means tabbouleh (tabouleh, tabouli, take your pick... Read More...
Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 11:52 PM by jason | 2 Comments

Mustard greens and manouri cheese ravioli

After a run of Japanese food, I started craving pastas and breads again. Somehow an urge to do something with mustard greens kicked in. A weekend trip to the supermarket with no particular time pressure put me in a playful mood. I thought about the Nagano Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:09 PM by jason | 3 Comments

Snow peas and aburaage itame ni

Although sautéed and stir-fried dishes do not figure prominently in Japanese cuisine, simple dishes in that category will appear on the tables of most Japanese homes. The scale, however, is much more diminutive than most Chinese, and certainly most Americans, Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:29 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Eggs and cactus: Saboten no tamago toji

Another home-style dish with a Japanese approach to non-Japanese ingredients, this nopal dish, made with a couple of eggs, dashi, soy sauce and mirin, is really basic, but it's a great little side dish for two or three people. Saboten no tamago toji The Read More...
Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 11:44 PM by jason | 2 Comments
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