Yesterday was awesome, but overwhelming. We opened most of the windows downstairs and had a cool afternoon/evening while repeated rainshowers swept the neighborhood and I alternated between cooking, reading, and kitchen maintenance. I made a batch of spaghetti sauce from a recipe from Mom that turned out deliciously, oatmeal chocolate chip ( Read more... )

I've had tom kha at restaurants before and it was delicious, but I had feared that it would be overly complicated to actually make it well ( Read more... )

First truly big failure of cooking in a very long time tonight. In what I consider to be good news, it happened because I was experimenting in ways that seemed just this side of Likely To End Badly. Turns out, they were just that side.

Things I've learned in the process:

• The yeastless pizza crust likes to stick to things (will probably try ( Read more... )

I made you a pi, but we eated it! ^_^


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Memo to me: Boil water before adding rice.
Addendum: Start rice before beginning the rest of the meal. (Or as close to twenty minutes before it as you can estimate).

Dinner shall be late this evening, but it shall be served!

Apparently all of this practice stuff that I've been doing in the kitchen is paying off. Among what feel like my biggest accomplishments so far are: 2 batches of chili, one spinach pie (including crust), and tonight I just finished a delicious beef stew! (Yeah, it's a little late for dinner, but it made a delicious snack and, I suspect, will be ( Read more... )