Marlon Brando was hot back in the day. You’d never guess that if you’d seen The Godfather, but wow. He had that electricity that makes every little move he makes fascinating. Wish I had that. Anyway I watched an old movie of his while I cooked this up last night, an Indian spiced pilaf with bell peppers. Once I saw the recipe, I hopped on it, ( Read more... )

"Look at what momma has, boys!" I told the big group of cavemen that gathered for the big game at my house the other night.
 I’m really super proud about this one, and I’ll tell you why. Loaded nachos with NO CHEESE, and no one missed it. See, there was this awkward thing going on because one of Vin’s biggest beer drinking buds, can no longer eat ( Read more... )

Major mental overload. (Old lovers, evil cell phones, Vin's annoying friends, and more.) 
So I just want rice. Rice. Just rice. This is the third kind of rice I have cooked up in the last two days. I'm posting on this one because it did me good. I guess the recipe [click here] is authentic, from an Indian woman known for her cooking. Anyways, it did ( Read more... )

I made a golden mountain of this last night and am gobbling it right now. I love saffron. It's so quiet and pretty. Like, shhhhh. I wonder what the SUPER expensive stuff tastes like. Anyone know? Someday I'll do the Rice Soak Test like the NC post talks about in the post, but I'm feelin lazy... 
By the way, does anyone here soak their rice? I'm ( Read more... )

I swear to god when Vin comes home from the meat market, he acts like he went hunting or some shit. "Check these out, babe." He dumped a pile of deer sausages on the counter.
I rolled my eyes.  "I'm not touching your nasty sausage."
"Admit it. You want it. You want my sausage bad."
"Fuck you."
"This vegetarian crap is just a phase. Eventually you' ( Read more... )