Monthly Archives: February 2009
Olive Bread, tell me who needs the #1 boston restaurant?
here’s the infamous olive bread. the tricks? put enough stuff in it so that you can eat it like a meal – carmelized onions, fresh herbs – mint, basil, cilantro, scallion, kalamata olives, and salt. oven and stone – 435, … Continue reading
better than a donut
i made this PEE-KAN sticky bun last night. the topping had honey and corn syrup and brown sugar and butter and boy was it good. its hard to be worse for you than a donut right? so maybe compared to … Continue reading
i am happy!
sometimes people say i am unhappy. this is quite annoying since the only time i am unhappy is like… mornings. other than that i am pretty much happy. one time i was walking outside with a friend, when she mentioned … Continue reading
kitchen sink noodle
So I am pretty much over ramen — pretty much. I now know the secret to an excellent bowl of chinese noodles any time. its called, look in the refrigerator and put what ever you find into the pot. Check … Continue reading
who is all over who
flashback: last thanksgiving friend’s parents house. two daughters and their two bfs, and the parents, and me and bub. let me just say that both of these couples were all up in each other’s grills. i found out the day … Continue reading
pirate’s booty
the other day i took a nice lunch with a co worker and went downtown to go shoe shopping. i highly recommend this as a lunch time activity. getting out during lunch is one of the few things that makes … Continue reading
fetal pig
every summer we get invited to a so called pig roast at a friend of bub’s house. but after last summer i am going to have to rethink the eating of that meat. for instance – i took bio lab … Continue reading
married to the “brother from baltimore”
=one time bub and i went on a weekend sailing trip with some friends from my work. they had a 4 year old named Dale who is chatty. one night at dinner Dale turned to me and said my name. … Continue reading
giving back
i like it when plants give me stuff. i always wonder, why do people grow plants that don’t do anything. just being green isn’t a reason enough to be allowed/or encouraged to live. like those spider plants. they don’t flower, … Continue reading
Shu Mai
Tonight I tried to make shu mai. well not try, I did. I got the recipe out of the eileen yin fei lo cookbook and it turned out spot on. bub mixed together the filling last night, it had shrimp, … Continue reading