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April 2010 - Posts

Nettle soup with horseradish sour cream

The first time I knowingly ate anything involving stinging nettles was a jarred salsa sold by a Tibetan immigrant family in Seattle. I haven’t seen their products for years, so I’m not really sure what happened to them, but I guess they haven’t single-handedly Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:14 PM by jason | 0 Comments

Sunday crullers, Saturday scones

This is why, given a choice, you should either learn to cook or find someone to spend your weekend mornings with who can cook. Crullers with cinnamon sugar Crullers have nearly disappeared from the shelves of most donut shops, mostly due to the fact that Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 25, 2010 6:28 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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A rare braised pork dish

Rare only for me, of course. As regular readers know, I’m as close to vegetarian as possible for someone who travels to Japan on a regular basis. Hiromi’s doctor said she’s got somewhat low iron levels. We’ve been mitigating that a bit with supplements Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:19 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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Our pagan Easter Sunday

Last night we visited a friend who had planned a sort of traditional lamb dinner, to be followed by Easter egg decoration. I don’t really remember much about Easter dinners from my childhood, since we focused more on the egg thing, so I brought some gougeres Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 04, 2010 1:47 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Green beans and unseasonable caprese

Hiromi always says that when I’m trying to use up ingredients, the results are often more exciting than when I do something more planned. I think that’s been the case since I was in college, when I would sometimes change course after I started cooking Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:20 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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