Monthly Archives: September 2007
Posted on 29-Sep-2007
Dashi is a broth and a staple in many Japanese soups, sauces and stews. The ingredients are inexpensive (well, if you have easy access to a Japanese or Asian grocery store), and it's a breeze to make!
Avoid boiling with kelp, and don't let the bonito flakes steep for too long ...
Posted on 22-Sep-2007
One of my fondest food memories of London was at FishWorks in Chiswick. They prepared a whole bass with garlic, olive oil and herbs (rosemary and/or bay leaves), served hot from the parchment packet in which it was roasted. Oh, my, was it amazing.
Photo by Simon.
This recipe is my attempt ...
Posted on 17-Sep-2007
I'm looking for a flexible (if not powerful) online gallery package. What are the free, preferably open source choices for online galleries? There are quite a few!
Wikipedia has a photo gallery comparison article. However, it's not comprehensive since it's a stub which needs cleanup (e.g., lists only basic features, and ...
Posted on 11-Sep-2007
The feature-length animé Paprika has been my favorite movie this year. (Easily surpassing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fun as it was, as well as the films seen at Cinequest. Yes, I rarely go out for movies.) Directed by Satoshi Kon, who worked on Perfect Blue and ...
Posted on 10-Sep-2007
In spite of my lifelong exposure to Mexican food, I haven't eaten posole (a.k.a., pozole) before. I love dishes made from masa (tamales!), and the lime-treated corn kernels which get ground into masa flour are also referred to as posole or hominy.
The motivation for this recipe comes from Deborah Madison's ...
Posted on 04-Sep-2007
This site is about my hobbies. I've posted a lot on food, a little about software, and even a teensy bit about gardening and plants. But I haven't written up much about another big interest of mine: stories. Novels, comic books, animation, and occaisionally television and movies. I just love ...
