Some like it raw
I don’t eat delicious, lovingly prepared homemade meals every night. Sometimes I end up getting takeaway from Whole Foods—bad sushi is a very guilty pleasure of mine (seriously—did you know […]
RED AND WHITE
White chocolate oatmeal cookies with cranberries These cookies from Cook’s Illustrated, by way of Smitten Kitchen, are one of my favorites. I like to lessen the amount of oatmeal by […]
THE GOOD AND THE BAD AND UGLY
Momofuku Milk Bar Corn Cookies The biggest perk of being in a gastronomy program is, duh, getting to eat food in class. Sometimes the food is related to the course material (like earlier this week when I got to try some dishes based on medieval Is…
SUMMER TIME LIVING
Blueberry pie The internet is probably crumbling right now under the weight of thousands of pictures of summer fruit pies posted by an army of food bloggers. Allow me to tip that scale a little further by contributing my own completely unneccesary…
THE MORNING AFTER
Oatmeal with currants and pecans I’ve been on a granola kick ever since I had some fantastic muesli at Sprüngli in Zurich. It was one of the many things I loved about that city.
HOT BUTTERY CRUMPETS
Sourdough crumpets with butter and marmite My buddy Jim gave me some sourdough starter and this is the first recipe I made with it. This is definitely the start of many yeasty things to come. (if you recognize the announcer’s voice, you’ll know wh…
TRASH TALKING
Momofuku Milk Bar Compost Cookies. Sometimes I can’t decide which photo to use, with or without props. So I lied when I said I would stay away from the Milk Bar cookbook. Lindsey made the big mistake of leaving a jar full of peanut butter cups in …
FUNfetti
Momofuku Milk Bar Birthday Cake, for my roommate Lindsey Because even though she claims to be a grown ass woman, we all know Lindsey is really a kid at heart. Although it was quite tasty and not too difficult to make, I probably won’t be trying an…