it's so hard to think about college when all i want to do is open a sandwich shop! it would be a bakery too, of course — i'm thinking "pastries and paninis" will be the tagline — but mainly sandwiches. i'm sure it'll happen some day. this fantasy sandwich shop definitely caters as well. weddings, bat [...]
i tried making cured egg yolks a few weeks ago. it's a lengthy process; the yolks have to sit submerged in salt and sugar for four days, then once they're firm and weird-smelling, they get rinsed off and baked for 2 hours. the end result has the appearance and texture of a dried apricot. they [...]
i'm declaring this the new avocado toast! breakfast and brunch places have long caught on to the trend, but upscale places could adopt this new dish and i think it'd be a huge hit. start with a soft pasta dough, subbing avocado for one of the eggs (yay fatty omega-3s). roll it out thin, cut out circles, [...]
this is for all the vegetarian dads out there! maybe you feel excluded by the other dads at neighborhood block parties, flipping burgers and wallowing in their own masculinity. or maybe you're just sick of eating frozen amy's burritos while the rest of the family dines on steak and potatoes. black beans, rice, and chipotle [...]
how do you feel about spicy food? that's a pretty broad term. we're talking food that gives your mouth a red-hot blast of flavor. do you the fierce complexity of a spicy curry? the kick of a jalapeño? the deep intensity of a homemade chili? personally, i tend to opt away from super hot, mouth-on-fire, [...]
makes two servings i woke up wanting something with eggs and heat. i briefly considered (boring) scrambled eggs or a (boring) omelette, but i always end up 1) forgetting the cheese until the last second, which leads to a mad scramble (pun intended) for the first cheese i see in the fridge - usually something moldy [...]
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