Archive for July, 2010

Although it is Ice Cream week, and despite the fact that yes, most of what I have consumed over the past couple of days has been said ice cream in its many different incarnations, I have eaten other things.  Other things of a familial branch that does not contain the frozen, the custardy, the chock-full-of-butter-toffee-and-shaved-chocolate [...]

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Alright, so ice cream three of Ice Cream Week.  At this point, after Pistachio Ice Cream and Almond Ice Cream, I can’t really make a 100 percent guaranteed claim.  I just can’t, it doesn’t make sense, and chances are that tomorrow I will find a new ice cream, a better ice cream, an ice cream [...]

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I have only met one ice cream I didn’t like.  Cold Stone Creamery’s Mint flavor ice cream tastes—no matter how much I want to enjoy it, to keep my perfect ice cream record— like the frozen custard version of Crest toothpaste.  It even has an eerie, dull pastel minty-teal like color.  And as much as [...]

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This is the best ice cream I have ever made. It is definitely among best ice cream I have ever eaten and considering the amount of quality ice cream I have consumed in my life, the amount of frozen custard, gelato, milky ice cream, nectar of the gods delivered from a carton that has lined [...]

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Basil Dip.

12Jul10

Sometimes dreams do come true, in this case, Basil Dip, essentially pesto that is acceptable to scoop up with chips—or spoons—and eat with no guilt.  Or at least no awkward stares questioning why the little girl is scraping flakes off the frozen pesto block.  What can I say?  Basil, garlic, parmesan, and more fat?  Just [...]


Ramen, we love you.  Not just me, no, but my brother and sister too.  And many others.  Ramen, you’re perfect.  Noodles, broth, pork, fried chicken, and slow-poached egg. Now, Hapa Ramen of San Francisco, that is some good ramen.  Big Daddy Ramen—slow braised pork shoulder, tonkatsu nuggets, noodles somewhere between udon and ramen, fresh corn, [...]

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Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese Croquettes, where have you been?  You require very little time, hardly any ingredients, and absolutely no effort.  The actual input of effort in relation to delicious outcome is so little, I can’t even remember entering the kitchen.  All I have is a blank bit in my memory, followed by two [...]

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Rustic baking is the best.  It’s loose, it’s not exact, and it’s relaxing.  Now, loving baking, all baking is in some form, relaxing.  But it’s the degree of relaxation, the amount of effort, and the margin of error that affects the overall relaxation factor. And Rustic Baking is an extreme form of relaxing baking surpassed [...]

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