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• 12.04.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Whores de Orvees chicken, fish, sauces, smackdown | (13)

  You can't go wrong with the Barefoot Contessa, you just can't; and that Charlie Palmer can whip up a mean citrusy Asian sauce. Unfortunately, you can go hella wrong with bipolar disorder. You may have noticed a lack of recipe posts and an upswing in bullshitty posts, and it's because things are just weird and unstable around here. Y'all are awesome for getting into the non-foodie posts too, but don't think I haven't noticed and don't want things to get back to normal around here. Tonight is not the night that will happen, though: it's late, and actively working to ...

  Tagged: appetizers, asian, barfoot contessa, charlie palmer, chicken, cooking, cuisine, food, hors d'oeuvres, ina garten, japanese, peanut, shrimp, tempura, thai
  
• 08.29.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Hurry, man, before there’s still time. fish, pasta, smackdown | (12)

  When will smackdown get better?* It's sad, really, because any dinner was bound to be a let down after last night's tomatogasm. I'm still reeling a little, and I spent the whole day cornering co-workers and forcing them to listen to me monologue about tomatoes as they nodded politely (the co-workers, not the tomatoes). Still, this dinner, taken from The New Best Recipe, challenged another one of my food prejudices: pad Thai. It also made most of my block smell like fermented shrimp because I had all the windows open while I cooked, and for that I'm truly sorry. *I'm trying, ...

  Tagged: canon, cooking, cuisine, food, noodles, powershot, seafood, shrimp, thai, thailand
  
• 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.