Full Gastronomic Tilt

One night, it came up that I had never attempted homemade sushi.
“Really?” asked my friend. “It’s so easy. I’ll teach you. The trickiest part is making the rolls, but that comes with practice.”
I was skeptical about the easy part. Many Japanese dishes have a short ingredient list but a long list of steps, as the [...]

Listening: Regina Spektor’s new album, Far
Perfect for a quiet Sunday afternoon in the kitchen.
It is truly fall here in the North Carolina mountains. The temps have dipped below 40 degrees and I’ve added a few more blankets to the bed, stubbornly resisting turning on the heat. The drop in temperature has jump-started my cooking creativity. [...]

Good Monday morning!
I am still knee deep in papers and tests (two weeks to go!), but after missing last week it is a slippery slope. Food in brief must go on!
~ Funny: xkcd skewers Twitter and the mass hysteria building around swine flu.
~ After a successful trek to the Asheville City Market on [...]

Mother Nature’s snow blow-by earlier in the week left me craving springtime food all the more. With one week left to go until the farmers’ markets open, I was thinking (and seeing) green, everywhere. As a stopgap, I picked up some peas, some green peppers…and asparagus!
Sweet, delicious asparagus, so glad to make your acquaintance [...]

EDtF, Day 1.
There was a plan. And I executed it to the letter.
Which is kind of boring.
I had this vision of peeking inside the fridge, finding forlorn vegetables and abandoned meat just begging to be paired together. Instead, I had the makings of a perfect and easy meal at my disposal.
Perhaps it was [...]

Good Monday morning!
This week is already shaping up to be exciting and notable:
~ Remember my rave about Hickory Nut Gap Farm? Here’s an article about locally-produced meat from Sunday’s Citizen-Times.
~ This week marks the beginning of my participation in the Eating Down The Fridge Challenge, hosted by Kim O’Donnel at The Washington Post. [...]