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• 08.28.08
  You say tomato, I say to-WHOA, Nellie. baking, cheese, veg, veg/vegan | (28)

  I would have invited you over for dinner, but I couldn't find your phone number anywhere, I SWEAR. I'm a little sad tonight, because I've just learned that I've wasted 30 years of my life not eating delicious, delicious tomatoes. You see, I always thought I didn't like tomatoes. Tomato sauce, sure (as long as there are no visible tomato chunks), tomato soup, okay, tomato ketchup, acceptable. But a whole, raw tomato? No, thank you, I'll pass. You can imagine how much this endeared me to my mother and nonna and zias. As it turns out, I DO like tomatoes. ...

  Tagged: baking, canon, cooking, food, herbs, italian, powershot, tart, tomatoes, tomatos, tuscan, tuscany
  
• 06.19.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Maybe Fish Sauce Isn’t Entirely Evil eggs, lamb, leftovers, smackdown, veg | (34)

  I don't want to harp, really, but I do feel that I must state here again that I do NOT own a mandolin. I finally got a copy of Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges, and immediately wanted pretty much everything in it. I was going to do the peking duck, because yum, but the directions instructed me to hang the glazed raw duck from a hook overnight in the fridge, where you've also placed a small battery-powered fan to keep air moving around the duck. Thanks for adapting that recipe for the home cooks with normal-sized refrigerators* at ...

  Tagged: canon, cooking, food, herbs, lamb, powershot, thai, thailand, vongerichten
  

...as of late

• You are so not off the hook
• 2008, Over and Out
• Weekend Frig: Yes, I am 12 Years Old
• Waiting for Santa
• Waterloo du patisserie, deuxieme
• Waterloo du patisserie, le premiere part.
• Cheap Ass Monday: Cuddle up with a big bowl of Cheerios
• I didn’t have a single drink, ocifer.