Cooking
Nice salad. Romaine, carrot & green onions, topped with (in our case) fried strips of wonton, drizzled with a dressing of peanut butter, brown sugar, sriracha, ginger, rice wine vinegar & sesame oil, over which cooked chicken is tossed.
Fresh, crunchy...and inhaled by the seven year old. (using faux 'chicken', of course.)
- Duck And Mango Soba Salad
Duck and Mango Soba Salad is a big bowl of deliciousness--slithery noodles, succulent roast duck, juicy mango slices and vibrant green herbs. The dressing relies on just a few pantry staples. Asian pantry staples that is. I recommend you keep on hand...
- Perfect Peanut Sauce Recipe
Peanut sauce is better than 31 flavors of ice cream. Ok, that sounds completely ridiculous, but how many things are as versatile as peanut sauce? What else can you think of that perfectly complements raw or cooked vegetables, chicken, beef or shrimp...
- Wonton Noodles With Chicken & Thai Peanut Sauce
Oh hey...look! Another Asian noodle dish. What are the odds... This is a recipe that called for spaghetti (heck, it's in the name), but I have issues with thin pastas so we opted to use a wonton noodle instead. Turns out, it wouldn't have mattered....
- Cobb-ish Salad
Last week, I decided to read over a few of my Amazon.com blog posts...something I don'd do nearly enough. I'm glad I did, because among the toy talk and techno-babble were posts from Jasper Fforde (won't be long now!) and a mention of a NYT...
- Riding The Red Tractor
One of the many lovely places to eat along College Avenue, in Oakland, is the Red Tractor Cafe. A very old-fashioned feel about the place; their menu was what I'd expect a farmer's wife, circa 1930, would have served...which means there was very...
Cooking
Chinese Chicken Salad
Nice salad. Romaine, carrot & green onions, topped with (in our case) fried strips of wonton, drizzled with a dressing of peanut butter, brown sugar, sriracha, ginger, rice wine vinegar & sesame oil, over which cooked chicken is tossed.
Fresh, crunchy...and inhaled by the seven year old. (using faux 'chicken', of course.)
- Duck And Mango Soba Salad
Duck and Mango Soba Salad is a big bowl of deliciousness--slithery noodles, succulent roast duck, juicy mango slices and vibrant green herbs. The dressing relies on just a few pantry staples. Asian pantry staples that is. I recommend you keep on hand...
- Perfect Peanut Sauce Recipe
Peanut sauce is better than 31 flavors of ice cream. Ok, that sounds completely ridiculous, but how many things are as versatile as peanut sauce? What else can you think of that perfectly complements raw or cooked vegetables, chicken, beef or shrimp...
- Wonton Noodles With Chicken & Thai Peanut Sauce
Oh hey...look! Another Asian noodle dish. What are the odds... This is a recipe that called for spaghetti (heck, it's in the name), but I have issues with thin pastas so we opted to use a wonton noodle instead. Turns out, it wouldn't have mattered....
- Cobb-ish Salad
Last week, I decided to read over a few of my Amazon.com blog posts...something I don'd do nearly enough. I'm glad I did, because among the toy talk and techno-babble were posts from Jasper Fforde (won't be long now!) and a mention of a NYT...
- Riding The Red Tractor
One of the many lovely places to eat along College Avenue, in Oakland, is the Red Tractor Cafe. A very old-fashioned feel about the place; their menu was what I'd expect a farmer's wife, circa 1930, would have served...which means there was very...