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June 30, 2008
Pride and Fried
After my unsuccessful trial to make “baked” doughnuts, it has been sitting on my head that I need to make edible doughnut. I have a tendency to keep trying until I succeed, as you can see from my Laduree battle. Speaking of macarons, I still make them for parties and when bored, and I have […]
June 28, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol. 023: Bitters and Murakami
The only 2 food-related stories I read this week- bear with me until mid-July please!: Homemade bitters: a short, concise guide to this timeless liquor, with links to various recipes to make your own (Chow) Takashi Murakami-inspired instant ramen packaging- pretty dope (via Adam for Serious Eats) *What are you reading? Please send links to […]
June 26, 2008
Champagne with Mel Brooks at Adour
This week I went to a champagne reception at Adour Alain Ducasse, the 6 month old restaurant inside the St. Regis Hotel in NYC. I was there taking pictures of a reception for supporters of the James Beard Foundation, and in walks Mel Brooks. Everyone of course wanted me to take their picture with him. […]
June 18, 2008
Street Food in Indonesia
Hi, I am writing a bit of my personal sharing about food that we had during our recent trip to Indonesia. Attached pictures were taken by Antonius Lo (my husband). If you are interested, Antonius’ works can be viewed through his professional photography website, or his Flickr page. I hope you enjoy. Cheers, Jennie +++ […]
June 17, 2008
What? Healthy Doughnut? WTF?!
I understand people are conscious about what they eat. I am not talking about organic food, Erin, which is a completely different matter. I just don’t buy it because I can’t simply afford to pay $2.99 for a cucumber, compared to $0.99 for two. Anyhow, healthy food (fat free, low fat, no saturated fat, etc., […]
$7 Organic Eggs
I try to buy as much organic dairy as possible because I am worried about hormones in my food, but it gets very expensive. One item I always buy organic however, is EGGS. I want my eggs hormone free, without antibiotics, free range and local when possible. I pay about $4 in my local grocery […]
June 14, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol. 022
I’m not doing a lot of food reading these days- in print or online. I haven’t even checked Eater in weeks, which could either mean I don’t have the time right now, or that I just don’t have patience for the hype machine at the moment. Here is my limited (but still recommended) readings for […]
June 13, 2008
w(h)ine-o: Blush Wine for the Summertime
In the spirit of missing Kanitra, I’m continuing her column w(h)ine-o. I’m not qualified to talk about wine the way she does, but I can at least show you pictures of what I’m drinking these days. When it’s hot out, you gotta go for the pink stuff. There seems to be a myriad of terms […]
June 7, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol. 021: Breakfast, Donuts and Lobster Nikes
Mining the i n t e r n e t for stuff worth reading: Lobster Nikes- ridiculous awesomeness (Adam for Serious Eats) Make your own seasoned salts with garden herbs (Bitten) Fiddlehead ferns, and more, at Dan Barber’s Blue Hill in NYC (Zach for Serious Eats) Hokkaido’s black watermelon, Densuke, sold for $6000 (via Kottke, […]