Posted in baked goods, recipes on May 3rd, 2009
Lipby and I went to Florida this past winter to visit his parents. We arrived, coincidentally enough, during the Kumquat Festival, and we just had to go. We all took a shuttle bus into Dade City, and were treated to kumquats, whole and in various preparations. Lipz and I bought a huge box of meiwa [...]
Posted in appetizers, recipes on Feb 26th, 2009
A colleague of mine makes this awesome edamame dip– he had brought it to one of our staff get-togethers and it got rave reviews. It’s one of Lipby’s favorites, too.
I’ve modified the recipe ever so slightly.
Ingredients:
16 oz. package of shelled, frozen edamame
1/4 cup rice vinegar (or use any good vinegar you have on hand, except [...]
Sorry I haven’t put up my comfort food story yet. (Thanks to everyone who answered the poll!) I haven’t had a chance to make it, although it would’ve been perfect to have this week, which has been cold, wet and rainy. I promise I’ll post it soon.
In the meantime, here’s a post I had meant [...]
Posted in French-Asian, dinners, fusion, recipes, regional on Sep 21st, 2008
prep time- 5 minutes; cook time- 35 minutes; serves 6
For those of you who prefer your tuna French-Asian fusion style instead of marinated, the following offering from neighbor Dragonia will serve you well. Now if I can just get her to fork over her mac & cheese recipe…
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
10 [...]
Posted in Asian, appetizers, recipes, regional on Sep 21st, 2008
serves ???
Another of the Empress’ perennial crowd-pleasers; she says she got it out of “some magazine or another”, and forgets which one. She and I have been known to go through the quantity produced by this recipe together in one sitting. As part of a spread with other appetizers, however, it can go quite a [...]
Iris got this from an employee of hers. “It’s fast, cheap and good!” she says (adding with a sarcastic grin, “Much like me!”) She also says with absolutely no hesitation that it’s much much better than the Empress’ Caesar Salad dressing. I don’t necessarily agree with that, but I’ll be damned if I’m going pass [...]
Posted in Mexican, recipes, regional, salads on Sep 21st, 2008
serves 6
The Empress retrieved this recipe from a restaurant in Cancun, Mexico, where it was mixed at her table without measurements, straight from bottles and jars. She has refined it through long practice to a high art. She claims to have traded it for others all over the world. Do not question the veracity of [...]
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