While I am an avid fan of most types of Asian cuisine, I have always been rather underwhelmed by bok choy. Perhaps it’s the similarity in color and texture to celery, another vegetable I dislike; perhaps it’s that I can’t help but note how its bulbous bottom and fan-leaf top bears an eery resemblance to the comic strip Dilbert‘s eponymous character; […]
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The Best Home Fries Ever
For a simple weekend brunch, no matter what the main course, I always crave a side of home fries. The humble potato is truly transformed into something exceptional when fried up alongside slivered onion and whatever else you may please, from the most rudimentary (salt and pepper) to something more hip and funky (green pepper, […]
Lucky Comestible I(4): Sweet Potato-Cranberry Hash
[This week’s Lucky Comestible is sweet potatoes; here’s part 4 in the series. ] Finding recipes that use familiar ingredients in new ways is almost as much fun for me as finding completely new ingredients. For instance, I loved it when I started to bake with all kinds of veggies in cakes, cookies, or other desserts […]
Lucky Comestible I(2): Sweet Potato “Fries” Three Ways and Miso Gravy
[This week’s Lucky Comestible is sweet potatoes; here’s part 2 in the series. ] A few weeks ago, I hosted a potluck for friends and promised to provide all of the recipes from the evening on this blog. And while I’ve done pretty well on most of the others, I hadn’t supplied this one for […]