Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Tags:
chinese tea egg,
cooking,
food
Tried something new today that I heartily recommend -- Chinese Tea Eggs. You basically take a lightly-hardboiled egg, crack the shell, and simmer the egg for hours in a dark solution of spices, soy sauce, and black tea. It ends up giving the egg a beautiful marbled finish and infuses the entire egg with a light savory seasoning with a tea undertone. I am a big fan of eggs and to me this is the King of Eggs. Highly recommended.
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Tags:
cooking,
food,
jam,
pancakes
It was very labor-intensive to pick the blueberries under the summer sun while trying to swat away the biting horseflies, but it was so worth it for the winter payoff. Nothing like a homemade taste of summer when there's a foot of snow on the ground.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Tags:
cooking,
food,
shabu shabu
My housemates and I noticed that shabu shabu has become quite chic here in the Boston area lately, kind of like the new tapas or sushi trend in restaurants. But really, it's just hotpot—dunking food into a hot broth and letting it cook, one of the best comfort foods for cold weather. So we had our own shabu shabu lunch at home.
I should probably mention that the nickname for our apartment is The Awesomesauce, which I sometimes shorten to “The ‘Sauce.” We have not yet determined the epicurean nature of the Sauce, only that it is Awesome.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Tags:
baklava,
cooking
There's a good reason baklava's a delicacy only for special occasions. I spent a good five hours just on one batch. Exhausting!
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