I had a really lovely weekend! I went for a run on Saturday while listening to This American Life (an old episode on superpowers). Then I prepped for a small gathering that I was hosting and then had said gathering. It went perfectly -- I had none of my usual hosting anxieties (usually I worry a lot about making sure people are having fun and ( Read more... )

Last night I went out to a fancy Japanese restaurant called Wakuriya for a fancy 9 course Kaiseki meal and 3 glass sake sampler with my grandmother. It was incredibly good.

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I don't really know the proportions with which I combined these things, but it was super easy and turned out well, and I'm pretty sure the proportions could vary a lot before it would stop being tasty ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any recommendations for good restaurants in the Copley Square/Back Bay area? B. (my California Boyfriend (TM) who is TOTALLY GOING TO BE IN TOWN NEXT WEEK EEEEEEE) and I are going to see a play there Saturday afternoon, and I figured it would be nice to find somewhere tasty to eat after that. Though since it'll be on the early ( Read more... )

It's so gorgeous out! Recently heard in our household: "Let's move someplace that's more like this all the time ( Read more... )

I made something awesome and simple with some of my leftover tortellini. I sauteed the following in olive oil and garlic ( Read more... )

I think I killed the blender. People tell me to be adventurous with cooking, and to treat it like science, and I've been trying more lately. I've been cooking more different kinds of things. But I'm always worried about breaking either myself (if I fail to cook meat/fish properly, e.g.), or other things -- like teflon pans or blenders. And ( Read more... )

I've been on a smoothie kick lately, eating them for breakfast for about a week. Here's the recipe I've been hooked on so far ( Read more... )

Tonight I made my first Thai red curry (I've made Panang before, from a similar process), and cooked my first shrimp meal ever. (actually more like 6 meals worth, I think. Wow ( Read more... )

Like I said in my last post, I don't really love cooking. But I cooked a couple times recently, with very yummy results that I want to record ( Read more... )