Well, my Instagram lately has largely been occupied with stuff I've been cooking while at home thanks to the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order for California. Last night I made bread pudding with creme anglaise and have had a couple of requests for the recipe, so here we go ( Read more... )

Safeway has been surprising me by having quinces in there little section of exotic fruit, right between the dragonfruit and the mangoes ( Read more... )

I threw this together when I had some boneless, skinless chicken thighs that needed to be used up. I've been taking the results to work as part of my lunch for the past few days, and the results are tasty enough that I wanted to make note of this for future reference ( Read more... )

I was braising some chicken in the oven this afternoon for dinner, which involved having a pot in the oven at 300 degrees F for a couple of hours. I scrubbed a few sweet potatoes, pricked them a few times with a knife, and put them on a foil-lined baking sheet in the oven for 2 hours while the chicken was cooking. They were probably some of the ( Read more... )

Tonight I took a shot at replicating a recipe I had at a tapas restaurant not too long ago: sugar snap peas sautéed with garlic, mint, and sherry. My version turned out very tasty, although not quite as amazing as what I'd had in the restaurant. I did something like: sauté 15 oz. of sugar snap peas in butter for about 5 minutes, then toss in 3-4 ( Read more... )

I improvised this to use up some ginger and spinach that needed to be used up ( Read more... )

I don't think asparagus is even properly in season yet, but it looked so lovely when I was at the supermarket that I couldn't resist. Here's what I did with it:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Break off the woody bottom ends of the asparagus spears. Put them on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and drizzle liberally with olive oil.
3. Roast in the ( Read more... )

So, here's the part that everyone really wants to know about: what did I eat while I was in Sofia ( Read more... )

A few links related to some of my favorite things: kissing, food, goth rock, Stonehenge, and acoustics.

Same-sex couple share first kiss at Navy homecoming. I just keep looking at that picture and thinking what a short time ago it was that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," was still in effect. It's nice to have a reminder that progress happens.

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