Tag Archives: cooking
Monday Evening
It’s a typical night in the Meg Autonomous Region. We’ve just had dinner, which was a rocking version of Mama Hoffmann’s stuffed mushrooms, only with every ingredient replaced with something I can find in Fengtai. We watched a disc of … Continue reading
That Time Of Year
Our school’s putting up their Christmas decorations, which always makes me hungry for latkes. Cooking them was bit of an adventure… I can get good potatoes, onions, eggs and oil at the market by the apartment, but the lox and … Continue reading
Home Cooking
Stick’s parents asked what we were eating, and the short answer is that I’m trying to cook at home.For example, here’s our dinner the other night. It might not make a magazine cover, but this is some hardcore polenta. I … Continue reading
Pasta Carbonara
Maria Liberati’s Pasta Carbonara This is a typical dish from Rome. The pecorino cheese used is typically pecorino from Rome or Pecorino Romano. The Romans tend to like dishes that are simple, without a lot of ingredients and not snobbish-just … Continue reading
The Basic Art Of Italian Cooking
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati is part cookbook and part travel memoir. Between recipes, Maria shares travel adventures, like meeting her now-husband, and misadventures, like the Italian-language student who asked for a shower, instead of a … Continue reading
Yes, We Have No Bananas
Zorro and I go to New Hut Place pretty often, at least once a week. Their menu lists a sugar-fried banana dish that we always try to order. At least once a week, we are told that they have no … Continue reading
Chinese Etiquette
Last night was Calvin’s farewell dinner because he’s leaving to go home to Wales. We went to eat with our boss, her husband, some of their family, some parents of our students and their assorted family. Once we’re all gathered, … Continue reading
Thank you, drive thru.
The concept of a drive-thru is awesome to a new driver. It’s like an obstacle course, a real-life Grand Turismo where at the end I win french fries. Actually, the concept of a drive-thru is pretty disturbing. So you pull … Continue reading
