Archives for June 2010

Pizza Margherita - tomato sauce and arugula Pizza Frutto di Mare - tomato sauce and seafood Pizza Piccante alla Melanzane - spicy tomato sauce and eggplant I really do love pizza, but being lactose-intolerant kind of makes it suck. Sure, there are pizzas that don't involve … [Read more...] about Home-made Stuffed-Crust Pizza 3 Ways: Margherita, Frutto di Mare, Piccante alla Melanzane

I found butterfish! I spent a long time not even really knowing what butterfish was. I'd run into it from time to time at sushi restaurants, where it would either be amazing (silky and actually tasted like sublime butter) or not (usually still partially frozen, poorly sliced, … [Read more...] about Grilled Butterfish

This is what I did with my curry paste. Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp oil 2 tbsp red curry paste 2 lime leaves, fresh, torn into thirds (I only had dried, which didn't really bother me, but it probably made a difference. I, however, am none the wiser) Sauce: 5 tbsp water 2 tbsp fish … [Read more...] about Squid In A Spicy Sauce (Blamuek Phad Prik) from Wandee Young’s “Simply Thai Cooking”

I wanted to try a new squid recipe. This is apparently my new favourite thing, trying new squid recipes. So my mom sent me one from the Thai cookbook I got her for Christmas, Wandee Young's "Simply Thai Cooking". I didn't feel like emailing back to get Wandee's red curry paste … [Read more...] about Red Curry Paste

Compared to my last loaf of gluten-free bread, this one looks a little nicer, but it didn't have that banana bread crust on top, you know, the cracked roof, that's a sign that it's perfect. This one was a bit denser since it didn't rise quite as much, I was still pretty happy … [Read more...] about Gluten-Free Bread, Take 2

Do you know those games where there's a picture and then next to it there are a bunch of other pictures that look exactly the same except they have something missing, and the point is to figure out what's missing? That's what I felt like this morning when I walked outside of my … [Read more...] about A Eulogy for Potted Plants

I hate this name. It's not mine. Curry is a horrible name. It seems so degrading to me. Anything remotely spicy and Southeast Asian is considered curry. You show me the curry leaves in the recipe before I'll let you away with calling something a curry, and even then I have a … [Read more...] about Thai Calamari Curry

I realize the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, which is kind of how I feel about my repeated efforts to make baigan bhartha. I feel somewhat justified in the fact that I keep trying different recipes, but does … [Read more...] about My Favourite Vegetarian Indian Dish: Baigan Bhartha (Eggplant)

Just like garam masala, chaat masala is just a simple blend of spices ("masala" = spice blend, but "chaat" masala is intended specifically for use in "chaat" dishes). These snack bowls are sold at roadside stalls in India, and usually consist of deep-fried bread, dried yellow … [Read more...] about Chaat Masala

Apparently Garam Masala just means "hot and spicy". Like "curry", it's just a blend of different spices, roasted and then ground. The base of it is usually cinnamon, coriander and cloves but other spices drift in and out of recipes. So every Indian cook has their own blend, or … [Read more...] about Garam Masala Recipe