Before I started this blog, I did not believe I was obsessed with breakfast. Now I’m starting to wonder. Maybe I should see a therapist. I’ve tended to be on the fence about oatmeal. I liked it okay, but only with an abundance of cream and brown sugar, which made me feel that I was…
Archives for March 2010
Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast
I’m just going to say that again: Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast. I don’t have to tell you how good it is, do I? Hot, eggy bread, fruity jelly, a drizzle of maple syrup – and best of all, the soothing, silky, over-the-top richness of warm peanut butter.And it is hardly any trouble at…
Hunanese Smoky Bacon with Tofu and Broccolette
Lately I have been making myself very hungry by reading Fuchsia Dunlop’s beautiful Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province. It features lots of interesting ingredients, some of which I bought yesterday at Talin Market and am a little daunted by (fermented bean curd, anyone?) The ingredient I was surprised to find liberally used throughout…
Quick Eats: Fried Spaghetti
This is an idea I’ve come across a couple of times, but this particular time I saw it in Best American Recipes 2005-2006. And this is the time when, a few weeks after seeing the recipe, I got sick and my sweetie made me spaghetti for dinner. And there were leftovers. And what on earth…