I kind of love cooking for Miranda. Is that strange? It's not like her foods are all that interesting, mostly simple vegetables, beans, or some meats, with one or two spices. She's had a little toast, some rice, a few fruits. They are all very simple foods, but each one is something completely new for her. It's exciting to see the look on her ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my 32nd birthday ( Read more... )

I haven't posted anything of real substance here in a long time. It's one of those self promoting problems, where the more things I have back-logged to write about, the more arduous a task it seems like. Anyway, I'm not going to get into that back-log right away. For now, just a quick roll call on the past week ( Read more... )

I had a fantastic weekend. Friday night we stayed in, took it easy. I made a couple of recipes from my new Rick Bayless cookbook, drank some micheladas, and watched one of my favorite movies, The Departed ( Read more... )

While we were in Mexico, we ate several times at this brightly-colored, dirty little taco stand in the middle of town called Triny's. They had some of the best food I've ever had. Even the quesadillas were outstanding. But Gen and Keith and Ray kept ordering tacos al pastor or chiles rellenos al pastor, or other things al pastor and raving about ( Read more... )

So I went to my favorite spice store over my lunch break today. Technically, World Spice is part of the Pike Place Market, though it's behind the main building and across the street, so it seems to go unnoticed by the tourists (all the better for me). I walked in there today and asked for Garam Masala (I recently decided I needed to learn how to ( Read more... )

On the last day of last month, Ray and I went out on the town. We had dinner at Machiavelli, the most "neighborhood" feeling Italian restaurant I know, and one of my favorites. They have this pasta with a red pepper pesto that is unlike anything I've ever had anywhere else. Plus, they have amazing gnocchi with this spicy red sauce. I had a ( Read more... )