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Black-eyed pea cakes, snatched from the jaws of defeat

Trying to be clever sometimes gets me into trouble. I was planning to make a soup this week. I thought it would be a good idea to cook some black-eyed peas one night ahead of time, so that I'd be able to eat dinner at a reasonable hour when I went to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:34 PM by jason | 2 Comments

Mustard greens and manouri cheese ravioli

After a run of Japanese food, I started craving pastas and breads again. Somehow an urge to do something with mustard greens kicked in. A weekend trip to the supermarket with no particular time pressure put me in a playful mood. I thought about the Nagano Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:09 PM by jason | 3 Comments

Cannelini and Masa Harina Frikadellen

I don't really know what these little cakes should be called, but in Germany something similar was called a Frikadelle... traditionally something like a flat meatball, but sometimes an alternative version was listed the token vegetarian dish at the university Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:58 PM by jason | 0 Comments

Asparagus with kumquat butter

Sometimes you have to take a few risks. Sometimes, in order to make a bit of progress at something, you almost have to invite disaster. Tonight I invited disaster home, into my kitchen. To be fair, I did it responsibly. I did minimize the number of potential Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:03 PM by jason | 0 Comments