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  • 2007
    • September
      • Inspiration
        09/14/07
        It can come from anywhere. An old innertube can become an awesome key-chain accessory when properly modified. An old friend can make you think of doing a retro photo-shoot. A website can make you want to try something different; creatively or otherwise.

        My inspiration came from Surly Blog

    • August
      • Something carrot-y
        08/21/07
        So the wife had something written on the chalkboard the last few days; "Carrots, Coconut milk, thai soup...?"

        I took it upon myself (with her help) to make something out of that little bit of information.

        I started with 500ml of carrot juice and a can of coconut milk.

      • Tagged like an Oktoberfest hooker
        08/13/07
        So Steen tagged me, and in keeping with the sharing theme she mentioned, I will be posting my S.O.H. 4 here, and my other persona will do his bit on Rottenmac.

        I am breaking the rules (unless Steen overrules me on this...) I am only posting my facts and then 4 links, but won't FORCE

      • Tagged!
        08/11/07
        I feel like I'm in with the cool kids now. LOL I've been tagged by Sue at Food Network Musings to play this little game. Now, I hope I'm not too awful for doing this, but since I share this site with a bunch of people, and since Quinn is the one who's most active, I thought we

    • July
      • Quinn's Worst Nightmare
        07/17/07


        -Quinn

      • Liftmatic Redux
        07/17/07


        Forever ago, I scored this great one bedroom apartment in West Hollywood. It was big, airy, and rent-controlled. I loved the place and lived there for several years and when I moved, I passed it down to Ian who still lives there.

        One of the things that made it so great was t

      • Red Lobster...DOWN...DOWN!!!!
        07/12/07
        “A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster, salad and champagne. The only true feminine and becoming viands.”
        Lord Byron (1788-1824)

        Like Black Sunday, or any other moment of historic gloom, my little devout cohort mourned the loss of our local Red Lobster

      • Homemade Everything
        07/09/07
        I love butter. (Don't we all?) I really and truly do. Perhaps not quite as much as Paula Deen does, and I'm grateful for that, but still...

        Case in point: I have very fond memories of a terrible trip to Paris. The trip sucked and I spent a lot of time in my shitty hotel ro

      • Who needs clams?
        07/08/07
        Last night, I was watching an episode of Lidia's Italy on Tivo and was positively inspired by her recipe for Spaghetti with White Clam Sauce. All that beautiful freshly shucked clam meat swimming in a big bowl of its own liquor had me salivating and scheming, planning a trip to the fishmonger.

      • Following Gold
        07/08/07
        A lot of my day-to-day business involves hours of left-brain monkey work. What I mean is that I sit at the computer editing photos which frees up the other half of my brain for listening to talk radio or audio books. I've listened to every single archived This American Life episode, tons and

    • June
      • Cup o' Cavities
        06/26/07
        On one of my trips around the world of food blogs, I encountered an irresistable recipe. Could I really be expected to pass by "Doughnut Soup" without trying it? (Any excuse to drive out to Krispy Kreme...)

        So, I tried it. I made it. I didn't like it. I think I'm

      • Preparing for the Payload
        06/25/07
        The garden is in full swing, and I am determined to make the absolute most of it this year. That means cookbooks have been consulted, recipes have been marked, and preservation has already begun. I know from experience that no matter what I do, I end up with a surplus. So, I'm making a big e

      • Simplest Soup
        06/24/07

        I love soups, especially thick, creamy ones. This baby was a fridge-cleaner as I was starting to fret about my beautiful produce going to waste. It's a quickie and so tasty, a take on vichyssoise. I used roasted beets because I roasted them as soon as I got home from the farmer's

      • For Jonny...
        06/23/07
        I like to tease Big Jonny about how I can get a really awesome schitzel with country potatoes that would feed an Ethiopian family of 7 for at LEAST a week. He keeps commenting about it, and I keep linking to the pics Steen made while she was here.

        Last night I texted Sara about her wishes

      • 07-08 Wishlist
        06/22/07
        Jonathan Gold just published his 99 essential restaurants for the latest issue of the LA Weekly:

        http://www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/dinin

        Here is where I still am itching to dine, and putting it out there on the blog in hopes of finding co-conspirators:

        AOC
        Babit

      • Molto Homo!
        06/16/07
        My last trip to NYC, I was determined to eat well. Cut down on the Sabrett's, the supposedly best pizza in the world, etc. I was going to have some memories to take home with me.

        My love of Mozza in LA led me on a quest for some definitive Mario Batali cuisine. I wanted to eat the pa

      • Cheddarvision
        06/10/07
        I ran across this video on You Tube. They call it Cheddarvision, the first three months of a 42 pound wheel of cheddar's life. Evan Klineman has a great interview with the man responsible, Dom Lane, in this archive of Good Food.



        -steen

      • Gravy Sauce
        06/07/07
        Life, as we know it, consists of a series of events strung together over time. If we're fortunate, the good events outweigh the bad, more good luck and we can enjoy good health and fat wallets, and if we're REALLY charmed, we get to eat at Urasawa. In deciding how best to write this post

      • Love, Caribbean Style
        06/05/07
        I'm in love. Just yesterday, I was doing dishes, washing my old orange Le Creuset dutch oven. It's ancient. Chipped and prone to rust. I was thinking that it's probably time to invest in a new one. And just LOOK!!!



        It's positively dreamy! Is it wrong

      • Enter the Castle
        06/02/07

        As promised, I'm finally posting about Castle, my local spot for Korean BBQ. The restaurant has been there for years, though it became "Castle" just a few years ago. I honestly can't remember what it was called before, and though it was tasty, it was different.

      • It's a jungle out there
        06/01/07
        Tomatoes inspire that love/hate feeling in me. I grew up with home-grown orbs bursting with juiciness and that divine tomato flavor. After I moved out on my own, my love began to dwindle to the point where I started ordering food without tomatoes. There's just no point in eating those mass-p

      • Soot Bull Jeep
        06/01/07
        I love Korean food. I mean, I really and truly L - O - V - E love it! I've been chowing down on all manner of Korean food for years and years, and it all started with Korean BBQ, as I'm sure it does for most of us.

        Living in Korea Town, I have a million options for BBQ, and

    • May
      • Oh, m'darlin', oh, m'darlin'...
        05/26/07
        Foodies and critics alike swoon over the goodness that is Clementine. The downside: Century City. Is because of my year in the trenches working in the men's furnishing department at the fallen Broadway at Ye Olde Century City Mall. Probably more that the traffic is so miserable - the Beverly Hi

      • Liver cheese...?
        05/24/07
        When Steen came to visit, we ate local and it was great. She was all excited to have a real döner from the Turkish place near our old apartment. We ate Bavarian (lots of pork and gravy with a side of 2 dumplings.) Many things we tried, yes we did.

        One of the most interesting things I lear

      • Scoops du Jour
        05/23/07


        And today's special from my favorite ice cream shop on Heliotrope is:



        Strawberry/Balsamic and Spiced Pumpkin Seed...

        As those bears in Silverlake say, WOOF!

      • The Day the Chicken Turned Day-Glo
        05/23/07


        "I clambered over mounds and mounds
        Of polystyrene foam
        And fell into a swimming pool
        Filled with fairy snow
        And watched the world turn day-glo
        you know you know
        The world turned day-glo you know"
        -Poly Styrene (c) 1976

        The dulcet t

      • Feeling flat?
        05/21/07

        You know what's weird? I was reading through The Wednesday Chef some time ago and came upon a recipe that sounded too good to pass up. I bookmarked it, later printed it out, and finally set about making it. The recipe was called Ana Sortun's Flatbreads with Spiced Chicken and Pist

      • Falling on Hard Times
        05/18/07
        I used to live on Griffith Park Blvd. and had some really fond memories of Hart Times Pizza. In particular, they make a yummy BBQ Chicken pizza. Sadly, I'm now just outside their delivery range. Hunter and I were running errands out in Silverlake a couple months ago, so Hard Times seemed lik

      • Daichan Kaiten Sushi
        05/16/07
        Bob and Willy are musicians. They've played together in bands over the years, and otherwise geek out frequently on music talk that often sounds like Greek to me. (I'm learning, though!) One fine spring day, Willy called and asked Bob to help him on a job at a studio on the West Side. M

      • Kappo Honda
        05/15/07

        We hung out with Willy last week and, as often happens, our conversation turned to food. He told us about an izakaya way, way, WAY down in Orange County, called Kappo Honda. His description was sufficient to get Bob and I to travel the 40 miles to try the place out. I could not have been ha

      • Mission 261
        05/14/07
        I suck. I've been absent. I've been so damn busy. I have a list of dining experiences I keep meaning to post about, but life keeps getting in the way. Excuses don't help, huh? I just need to find the time, I guess. As my great friend, Betka, likes to say, "Why not now?"

    • April
      • Brief Report from NYC
        04/05/07
        Danube
        http://www.davidbouley.com/

        One of the loveliest restos I have yet to dine - in the middle of a Klimt painting. Excellent service - doesn't hurt that my kid sis and her BF know people in the know. Our two course a la carte excursion seemed to blossom into five extra cours

    • March
      • Providence Tasting Menu Breakdown
        03/30/07
        OK, so my short term memory is shot! But I will do the best I can to recount the lovely meal that I had at what is often touted as being LA's best restaurant du jour:

        Amuse Bouche: Tiny mug of carrot soup with curry foam and a little side of seafood salad - muy yummy.

        1. K

      • I'll see your spork...
        03/18/07
        and raise you some rocks.


        I was in Sweden last summer for the Singlespeed World Championships. It was a disaster from the word go, but one good thing came out of it. We were in Gamla Stan (Old Town) and we were doing some late night wandering and bar hopping, when I came across the

      • For Fizzle
        03/09/07

        Growing up, my parents always had those cool retro bottles of seltzer in the fridge. There's a local company that delivers them right to your door. I tried that too, but I'd always forget to re-order or I wouldn't be ready for a pre-scheduled delivery.

        When Bob move

      • Grocery Gamble
        03/07/07
        I am a sucker for:

        1) Ethnic grocery stores
        2) Eye-catching packaging
        3) Eye-catching packaging found in ethnic grocery stores

        So, I've created a new category here on Ham. Calling it "Grocery Gamble".

        I know I'm not alone. One of the

      • Party, Party, Party!
        03/06/07


        The so-busy-how-do-they-find-the-time folks over at 5 Minutes for Mom are throwing a big ol' party and all us food-lovin' blogger types are invited! Weeee!

        Head on over and check it out. And, sign their Mr. Linky to enroll in their prize drawing.

        Here�

      • Well, Hello Pretty Pretty!
        03/05/07

        I <3 Tastespotting. Interesting choice of title, since it (for me at least) undoubtedly conjurs up images of junkies and filthy toilets, but...

        Such a simple site, but it really grabs you by the eyeballs. Talk about a feast for your eyes! People submit lovely, appetizing photo

      • ...It's not easy being cheesy...
        03/04/07


        I love cheese! I can nibble away at ungodly amounts of cheese- let's just say I'm contributing to the bovine methane emissions problem one cow at a time. Yesterday, I got a vampire-like craving for cheese so I head over to Trader Joe's. They have a great selection, but I w

      • Ice Balls
        03/03/07

        Ok, so, posting about my love of Japanese merch reminded me of a little shopping trip Christian and I took in Munich last year.

        I was visiting C and his wife and they were just wonderful hosts. Christian poured me a soda one day and, knowing how much I love iced beverages, he plunk

      • I Don't Know From Chile
        03/03/07
        I mean, not the spice (although my burn sensitive taste buds are notoriously sensitive), but the country. What do we know, really? I know of the brilliant poet Pablo Neruda and the author Isabel Allende. Oh yeah, there's that Pinochet guy too. So, I go to Wikipedia to hunt down more Chilean ref

      • Titanium-colored with envy
        03/03/07
        That ChubbyPanda is a lucky so-and-so. And, clearly he's got some excellent friends.

        <cough cough>

        The internet, she is a cruel mistress. Some days I feel like all I do is travel from one website to another, coveting, coveting, coveting. I was over at ChubbyPanda&

      • Foodie Airline Passengers UNITE!
        03/03/07


        Hello All,

        I'm new here and I am a self professed foodie- there.. I admitted it. I love good food in any form or at any altitude. Give me hospital food and I will critique it. Tonight I was chatting with Steen about, what else.. food, when I shared with her a much beloved

      • Oh, Really...
        03/02/07
        Now, those of us (in NYC at least) who feel as though we missed out on something great finally get to bask in the sterile glow of the Automat. Who knew. So, whattaya think? Will we see them popping up all over the country? Only time will tell.

        I'm gonna have to get Chris to swi

      • Hollywood Classics
        03/02/07
        Two, count 'em, two meals out today. Not unheard of. Wednesday was more exotic: Indian in Artesia and Vietnamese in Garden Grove. But, truth be told, I was much more delighted with my two classic Hollywood meals du jour.

        One of my fave breakfasts (being the egg disenter that I am) is

      • Shmancy Sangwich
        03/02/07
        Way back in early February, I prepared Nancy Silverton's Bagna Cauda sandwich. As I mentioned in that post, I had a fair amount of the tasty anchovy/garlic goodness left over. The next day I prepared a simple lunch that really knocked my socks off. I've got to make more bagna cauda some

      • Too much time on their hands
        03/01/07
        I laughed aloud when I saw these Dharma Initiative food labels on the Insanely Great Tees site (followed a link from Brownie Points *thanks!*). The nice folks at IGT clearly have too much time on their hands, but since we all get to benefit from it, I'm not poo-pooing. They are providing prin

      • Valuable Hints
        03/01/07
        Man, I don't know what the hell happened. Bob's been back, I'm chipper, things are good, and still I've managed to neglect the Ham. For shame... I've been taking photos of meals still, but haven't posted regularly. Right now, I've got eight yet to post, though

    • March
      • CHOWHOUND 451
        02/27/07
        I had this review of our experience at Opus deleted from the much touted Chowhound site. When I went to one of the support boards to see if I could find any others in my predicament, I found that their posts regarding posting got deleted!

        So, for all that care to, here is my opus on Opus:

      • Medieval Vegetable Medly
        02/26/07
        The older I get, the more crotchety I get, the less I want to put up with crap and wastes of time. Let's just move MEDIEVAL TIMES right to the top of the list, shall we?

        Last weekend was my friend, Amy's, birthday. I believe I actually groaned out loud and begged her girlfrien

      • 4th of July Heritage Loaf
        02/17/07
        Ah! One of my favorite classic food clips from "The Groove Tube"

      • Better Than Make Up Sex
        02/15/07
        So, Steen has been harpin’ on me to barely contribute to this damn blog already! Well, while I have slaving away over a haute master’s thesis (about the gay, no less), I have had to the time to take my comfort (or discomfort as it were) at a few restaurants this week. Here is my badass recap, in chr

      • George Foreman
        02/11/07
        Love him or find him the fool, one of the best things ever was and still is the George Foreman grill. I got a knock-off a while back, and only occasionally use it. Let me tell you, it is nice to be able to grill a chicken breast at home and get those cool stripes on your own. Not to mention grilled

      • Eggs - It's what's for all day long...
        02/05/07
        It's winter, even here in Southern California. Sure, it's not snowing or anything, but there's a chill in the air and it's downright nipply at night. Maybe this has nothing to do with anything other than it being a great excuse to eat hearty meals. Yeah, so I'm just tryin

      • I'm a killer!
        02/03/07

        That's right. You heard me! I'm a killer. A low-down, good for nothing murderer. Beware! Keep your living organisms far from me! I'm not proud to admit it, but I feel I must; my sourdough starter is no more. To be fair, it hasn't been anything for quite some time. T

      • Warm Welcome
        02/02/07

        I wanted Bob's welcome-back meal to impart hominess and comfort and I could think of nothing better than a piping hot chicken pot pie. The recipe below is much changed from the original. Store-bought pie crust is easy to use and gives the pies that bottom layer of dough that Bob loves a

    • January
      • Food of Love
        01/22/07
        Those of us that have spent any amount of time watching Food Network shows have undoubtedly grown weary of Emmeril's Bams and his various other cliches. Like, "It's a food of love thing". (But, we forgive him because we remember the good old days when he was just this funny lit

      • BOXTY!!
        01/22/07
        I was on tour in the UK a couple of seasons ago & developed a special fondness for the thick "rasher" bacon they served up for breakfast over there. I looked for a local source in LA, figuring it'd be easy to find....not so easy. Trader Joes?...nope. Wild Goats?.....huh uh. Overp

      • I *heart* pasta.
        01/13/07
        I really do. I eat pasta most often of all the dishes I make at home. When it is really cold and gross out I will make Maultaschen soup with garlic bread, but its been unusually warm here, so that hasn't happened yet.

        In any case, I whipped up this quick and tasty pasta dish last nig

      • How old is 10 years?
        01/12/07
        I have in the last few years, really enjoyed scotch as an after-dinner drink. Something to enjoy while under a blanket watching a rented DVD of 'My Name Is Earl' or something else that is not available on TV here in Munich.
        During the SSWC'06 in Stockholm, we flew there thru Amst

      • Bon Voyage
        01/10/07
        As always happens, Betka's visit was filled to the brim with activities, so some of our plans have been postponed until next time. Though we wanted to get all adventurous and seek out little ceviche places around town, time constraints dictated that we just visit our old standby, Mario's

      • Dim Sum in the Valley
        01/08/07
        Way on back in the early 80s, my mom sparked my love of adventurous eating by giving me my first experiences with dim sum and sushi. All these years later, we still go out for dim sum on occasion, usually to Ocean Seafood in Chinatown.

        My mother is not usually found sitting at a comput

      • El Siete Mares
        01/07/07
        I currently have a song running through my head. To the tune of "Whatever Lola Wants"...

        Whatever Betka wants
        La la la
        Betka Gets...

        Madame wanted ceviche (she ALWAYS wants ceviche). We were headed downtown for some shopping and El Siete Mares was right on

      • Me Cook Pretty One Day
        01/07/07
        I just happened to be flipping across the channels the other morning and saw Amy Sedaris on Martha Stewart's show. After I stopped clutching my stomach hard enough from my guffawing, I zipped to the PC to see if anyone had posted this cake segment on YouTube. The show itself has this truncated

      • What's the Meaning of This?
        01/06/07
        Ok, so it's late on a Saturday night, about 1:30. Betka went out with our friend, Amy but I was just too tired to join in the fun. Instead, I made some yummy yummy tomato soup* and watched the Simpsons on Tivo and I'm rounding out my night with some FoodBlog visits. (Is that lame? LOL)

      • Hungry Cat
        01/05/07
        Isn't she adorable? That's Betka. She's in town for some work and play and arrived in time to celebrate NYE.

        She had an appointment last night til nearly 10pm so our dinner had to wait until she got back. I consulted Chowhound for our late-night seafood options and one o

      • Believe the Hype
        01/02/07
        Bob's going on tour for a month so we figured a nice send-off was in order. Quinn and Ruben had already had lunch at Mario Batali's and Nancy Silverton's new venture, Mozza, a couple weeks ago and had great things to say about it, so we thought we'd brave the new restaurant insa

      • Summertime revisited
        01/02/07
        In summer in Munich, there are many 'beach party' clubs. Ibiza is a popular place to party for the young'ns (and some crazy old guys...) and due to the popularity of such vacation spots the Caipirinha has migrated over the Pacific to Europe as the 2nd most ordered drink here. (No way

  • 2006
    • December
      • Good Things Come in the Mail
        12/31/06
        My fabulous friend, Betka, is here visiting from Portland. I picked her up from LAX last night, two hours late due to mechanical difficulty with her plane. We stayed up til 4am catching up and slept in this morning. In honor of her visit, I whipped up a yummy late breakfast featuring two items I&

      • Le Grind
        12/27/06

        I remember my mother and grandmother grinding meats when I was a child. It's a fuzzy memory, but I know it's there (note to self: ask Mom about grinding). I purchased my Kitchen Aid stand mixer when I remodeled my kitchen several years ago (there was less than no counter space in t

      • Starter Experiment #1
        12/26/06
        Well, my sourdough starter is finally big enough that I feel I can start to cook with it. I baked another American Loaf last night, so I didn't want to make more bread, therefore I chose to make pancakes instead. Just Julie and I were eating, so I halved the recipe below. The pancakes were g

      • My Cup Runneth Over
        12/26/06
        I am one lucky so-and-so, and I'm so, so lucky. For lots of reasons. But I'll get specific... This December Gift Exchange was incredible! My wonderful boyfriend and incredible friends were so generous. I am beside myself. Many food-related gifts were received this year and I'm p

      • Hooray for Leftovers!
        12/25/06
        Bob moved in about a year ago. He brought with him a Foreman Grill. I've never used one, but finally pulled it out today.

        I've been having my little holiday get-together with the same group of friends for over a decade. Every year, Ruben brings a Honeybaked ham. One year, I

      • Christmas Eve Bonanza
        12/24/06
        Hunter and I cooked all day. Actually, I started the day before. We were having friends over and there was no time to leave the kitchen. Hunter dubbed the menu "Fried Turkey with Appetizers". That sounds about right!

        The Menu:

        Smoked Salmon with Dill Dressing
      • Third, Third and Third
        12/23/06
        I needed to bake a cake for the In-law X-mas coffee and cake-a-thon on Sunday. (Germans do X-mas on the 24th... whatever.) So i rolled around online and found these 3 excellent cakes. Top, we have a Chocolate-Whiskey Bundtcake, Right; a Tasty Lemon Whiskey Bundtcake with glaze, and lastly, a Mexican

      • Funnynamejoy!
        12/22/06


        My need for Pancit Palabok overtook me, so Hunter and I took a break in our baking the other day to give Jollibee a try. I admit that I was a teensy bit worried as I haven't heard many good things about them. Quinn suggested that I hit them up for the Palabok Fiesta, so that'

      • Schiacciata to the locals...
        12/21/06
        Focaccia to you and me. that's what I wanted to make. It started out that I wanted to do something with the fresh oregano and rosemary I had for so long. (Usually I have a fresh rosemary growing, but during the heat wave we had while we were on vacation, all our plants died except the rubber pl

      • Grrrrrrrrrrrr Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl
        12/20/06
        I'm peaved with Quinn.
        He hasn't been updating.
        Claims to not have had any good meals.
        Case in point... He went to Yukon Mining Company. When I said he should have posted about that, he said the food was unremarkable (read: not terrible enough to be funny) and there weren&

      • My Back Hurts, Therefore It's Xmas!
        12/20/06

        ^^Laundry Staging Area^^

        Hunter came over yesterday for the marathon of baking that is Xmas. I got up early and hit the grocery store, even managing to crank out a batch of cookies before he arrived. Our to-do list was daunting and, it turns out, a bit unrealistic. Here's ho

      • Started
        12/17/06

        All hail the internet! My sourdough starter has arrived in a plain envelope, tucked into a piece of paper printed with instructions and taped shut.

        ________________________
        (Content: Approximately 2 tablespoons)
        TO RECONSTITUTE: Put about a teaspoon of crushed flakes (you

      • Fear? What fear?
        12/16/06
        I've mentioned before my fear of baking. I am resolved to overcome it. Mine is a rather anti-Atkins existence and I'm determined to savor the joys of baking along with the carbs.

        Why all the anxiety you ask? Well, first of all, with the exception of some cakes and other sweet

      • Grateful, indeed.
        12/14/06
        It seems that every Xmas season I end up at the Grateful Palate website trying to justify ordering the Bacon of the Month Club as a gift for one of my friends. I still haven't done it, but one of these years, I'm sure I will. This year, I finally threw some money at them, even if I didn&

      • Morning Sunshine
        12/10/06
        I woke up this morning to this IM:



        It's so nice to have friends looking out for me! LOL

        Here's the link. It sounds terribly delicious...

        -steen

      • Guelaguetza
        12/08/06
        Our hours have been crazy; we've been up so late at night that we sleep in whenever possible. Therefore, as usual, we missed the DHL guy at our door early this morning. Bob was waiting for that package, so we bundled into the car and headed downtown, discussing our dining options along the wa

      • Best Date
        12/05/06


        I kid you not, this is one of the best things that I've ever put in my mouth. It's positively dreamy.

        This year, I spent the 4th of July up in Portland with my friends. One of whom, Kitten, brought Bacon Wrapped Goat Cheese Dates along for the festivities. We ate

      • It's the business...
        12/05/06
        In summer as well as winter there is a 'festival' in Munich known as 'Tollwood'. (interestingly it is a bit of a play on words as Tollwut which sounds similar means rabies.) Anyhow, Its not quite a festival as an Artsy-Craftsy fair with some live acts and a theatre tent set in th

      • Who doesn't love cookies?
        12/05/06
        Lately I have had an insatiable sweet tooth. What else is there to do but break out the baking sills and do some cookies? (Truthfully said, I would have rather made my Peanut-butter cup brownies, but i had no desire to go to the store, so I made good with what I had...)

        So other than the

      • Turk-ish Delight
        12/04/06
        So Steen suggests going down to USC for some Turkish Doner Kebap, something that she became smitten with in Germany. Ruben whipped out his bad-ass black-as-pitch gas guzzler and off we went. Look, Ruben, has to model at all times, even in the ‘hood….



        The mall is nothing to spe

      • Portobello & Fusilli Tricolore Extravaganza
        12/03/06

        ^^^^
        This photo was taken at 6am with my Treo. Please pardon the radioactive appearance; it really does look pretty in person.
        ^^^^





        I cannot stick to a recipe. This stubborn behavior always results in one of two outcomes - in the end, my finished pr

      • Score Chiba
        12/03/06
        One night months ago, I was at home working (oh... woe is me) and Bob was out with his friend, Bill at some prog-rock spectacular at Universal. After the show (and this is the part that made me jealous; I'm allergic to prog-rock) they drove deeper into the valley to go to Bill's favorite

      • From one chain to another...
        12/03/06
        I was on the phone with Ruben the other day. I was chomping down on the newly featured Crispy Shrimp Taco from my local Del Taco branch. I had decribed it as "an Admiral's Feast, wrapped in a flour tortilla." 10 bonus point for every one that got that.

        Quinn

      • Learning Curve
        12/01/06
        When Quinn suggested we do this blog, I thought it was a great idea. A terrifically fun activity for us to share, yadda yadda. Man, it keeps slipping my mind that I should be constantly attached to my little point and shoot camera. I just sat down after having made and eaten dinner, looked at the

    • November
      • Almost King
        11/30/06
        A couple weeks ago, Bob and I took a little cruise down Western Avenue, from Melrose past Wilshire, to grab dinner at BCD Tofu House. It was a pleasantly cool late afternoon and a nice bit of excercise to get us ready for some piping-hot soup.

        I've lived in Koreatown since 1999, and

      • Chewy Fluffiness
        11/29/06
        Since my return from Germany, I've been obsessing about fresh baked pretzels. I finally decided to do something about it. After reading numerous soft pretzel recipes online and their accompanying reviews, I settled on this one from the Food Network. Knowing that pretzels are cooked in water

      • Pots O' Call
        11/28/06
        When Hunter and I met, the earth moved. Literally. It was January 2004, day of the Northridge quake, and Hunter was all set to move up to San Francisco. Well, the San Andreas Fault put a big kibosh on his plans so his friend dumped him off at my apartment to wait it all out. It was Hunter's

      • No Knead
        11/28/06
        Yes, this recipe is all over the internet, a downright blogging sensation. It's the No-Knead Bread that was featured in the New York Times a couple weeks back. I printed the recipe from The Wednesday Chef.

        I love to cook, as evidenced by my pants size and the smiles on my friends&#

    • October
      • Missin' the Glisten
        10/20/06
        Christian mentioned that since moving to Munich several years ago, what he misses most are those towering, glistening pastrami sandwiches common at so many Jewish delis in the States.

        On one of our walks, I spotted a chalkboard outside a trendy-looking bar that promised "New York Pas

      • Across the Pond
        10/14/06
        It's been a few years since my last visit to the UK (ate some really stellar food that time!) and now I'm back, with friends. With the exception of one major blunder**, the food's been delicious (OH! The glory of the perfect local fish and chip shop!).

        All that aside, what

      • Munich, Sweet München
        10/14/06
        I feel like such a jet-setter. And lucky.

        After London, I caught a ride into Germany with some friends, then took a train down to Munich. Visiting one of my oldest friends, Christian and his lovely wife Sara. They were kind enough to put me up, take me around, a feed me.

        The

      • Flight or Fright?
        10/06/06
        Of course, bad in-air meals are so commonplace as to be cliché. We've all had them, some worse than others. Having just spent far too many hours in a tiny, uncomfortable seat folded like origami paper, this topic is fresh in my mind. So, without further ado, I present some of the airline mea

    • September
      • Flay Fray
        09/30/06
        I'm a Flay-hater. It's true. Based solely on TV personality, I just loathe the guy. But, being in Vegas, I swallowed my venom in favor of testing out his vittles. I'd heard before the the food was tasty, and that is, after all, what matters.

        Neither Bob nor I are gamble

      • There's no "phone" in TEAM
        09/06/06


        Feast your eyes on Quinn. I have titled this portrait, "HOW RUDE". LOL Our first official team-blogging-related outing and he yapped on the phone. Well done, Quinn! Bravo!

        -steen