Archive for April, 2010

Poker Party Finger Food

The group of friends that my wife and I hang out with often get together to play some no-limit Texas Hold ‘em. For me the game’s been interesting to learn but not something that’s grabbed hold of me over the long term. So over the years I’ve had less and less reason to actually go [...]

Weekly Menu

The menu for the week beginning March 4th is: Sunday Easter lunch – a “pot luck” with friends! I’m bringing Ambrosia and a Lemon Chess pie Monday – Spicy Jalapeno Chicken sausage with Mango, Pineapple Chili with Jasmine rice Tuesday – Cheesy Toasted Tortellini with Pesto accompanied by roasted broccoli Wednesday – Chicken stir-fry with bell [...]

Crab Rangoon or Bust

First off the filling was just awesome. The cream and goat cheese combination with the rest of the seasoning would be great on crackers let alone wrapped inside fried wonton shells. Second, the dipping sauce concoction of crème fraîche, coconut milk, wasabi powder and salt ran a strong second. I ended up mixing 1/2 cup [...]

iPhone OS 4

Some good stuff on the iPhone 4 OS development front. Multitasking was probably the biggest announcement – take that ‘droid.. JK. Rather than just do multitasking as a one size fits all model, there are number of background API flavors that attempt to address the different background needs of different types of apps – telephony, [...]

Crab Rangoon Dipping Sauce

Over the past weekend I needed some fresh shredded coconut for the Ambrosia I was making for an Easter lunch. As a result I’m in possession of some fresh coconut milk and about 1/2 cup of left over shredded coconut. I got thinking about what kind of dipping sauce to go with the Crab Rangoon and if coconut would [...]

More Frying Oil

Now I don’t have to wonder if less oil for deep frying is better than more oil. This evening while deep frying some potatoes to go with burgers, I opted to use just enough oil to just cover the frozen potatoes. Once the oil was at 375, I added the potatoes to the hot oil and watched [...]

Phood Fotos

NYT covering growing trend of photographing food, eaten prepared or otherwise. Not just for food bloggers anymore?

Induction Cooking Pros and Cons

Interesting read on induction cooking from the New York Times. Before I plunk down some serious cash for one I think I’d try a single burner unit to see how it goes.

Crab Rangoon Variation

Seems there’s an endless variety of Crab Rangoon recipes after you get past the cream cheese and crab part. Although I’d like to keep this fairly traditional there is a twist I’d like to try: goat cheese. I don’t recall having straight goat cheese, but this pasta meal I made tonight called for it. Naturally [...]

Reusing Lamb

After the Gyro Cup experiment I had some lamb left over – actually there’s about 3/4 lbs of the raw ground lamb in the freezer but that’s for another day. Rather than make another round of Gyro Cups, I opted to add them to the 3-egg omelet that I had this Easter morning. Not exactly finger food [...]