Last week, after a ridiculously tough run, I asked J-Fur if she had a book I could read in the bathtub. Being the nerd she is, albeit a lovely nerd, she launched into a synopsis of ten different books and why I should read them. I chose Drown by Junot Diaz (even though it “isn’t his best work”). Drown is broken into ten different fictional [...]
As I mentioned here, this dish has the power to infect people and bring them to tears. It is a real horror show or Jesus Camp. The cauliflower colcannon was a combination of a cauliflower mash recipe posted on one of the blogs I have recently started reading, Pride and Vegudice and this recipe. Cauliflower Colcannon (adapted from Pride and Vegudice) -2 cauliflower heads, chopped [...]
Happy Chinese New Year! If you are cooking and celebrating vegetarian style tonight, try out this citrusy tofu from Go Vegan Meow! blog. J-Fur and I are taking the night off and joining the Becks at China Yuan(you might find me tomorrow lying in a pile of steamed pineapple buns and salt and pepper tofu). The Arrivals-Chinese New Year
I felt like a McDonald’s commercial as she asked, “What’s in this cauliflower colcannon?” “Uh, olive oil, cauliflower, cabbage, salt and pepper.” Pleased, she proceeded to eat it. A lot. As she went to finish off the dish I suddenly remembered “Oh and there is nutritional yeast.” She nearly dropped the fork. “Are you serious?” I nodded my head “Yeah, why.” She made a little [...]
Here I was with punk slogans and pictures all across my jacket sitting in the same restaurant as stuffy lawyers, businessman and the governor spending his last few days in office. Needless to say, Bricco was an experience I don’t get to enjoy too often. It is an upscale restaurant in downtown Harrisburg, PA. The restaurant is a collaboration between the Olewine School of Culinary [...]
Last week I was creating a menu based on what we had leftover in the refrigerator. Way in the back, buried behind yogurt and an old cheese stick, was an unopened container of Gorgonzola. I don’t buy cheese without a specific intention so I must’ve planned on using it for something but through the holidays and our trip to Pennsylvania the original intention had long [...]
The band Yuck, not to be confused with my feelings about coconut, has done some absolutely wonderful songs that have made their way across my MP3 player in the last year (check out “Automatic” and “Georgia“). “Coconut Bible” is another. It is the b side to their “Holing Out” single. If you ask me, the Bible should never be a b-side. This song is no [...]
It is science fair time for my class. I’ve seen a variety of different projects from vinegar testing in volcanic explosions to moldy bread to what type of liquid freezes faster. Strangely absent is any batteries involving citrus. Not to worry. After making this puff pastry dessert (and before eating it) I embedded a penny and galvanized nail into the frosting and connected it to [...]
Randy: Napoleon, give me some of your tots. Napoleon Dynamite: No, go find your own. Randy: Come on. Give me some of your tots. Napoleon Dynamite: No. I’m freakin’ starved. I didn’t get to eat anything today. A swift kick to the pants pocket follows and Napoleon’s tots are crushed creating a mashed mess. This scenario, played out on the big screen in Napoleon [...]
