A few weeks ago we were walking through Nob Hill when an intriguing flyer in the window of Scalo caught my eye. Nantucket Shoals, the best fish market in Albuquerque – really, the only standalone fish market – was hosting a popup dinner at Elaine’s restaurant. The menu was posted on the flyer, and it…
Japchae (Korean Glass Noodles)
As I have mentioned before, I absolutely love Korean food. It’s famous for its heat and funk, but it has a deliciously sweet and mild side too. No dish exemplifies this side better than Japchae, stir-fried glass noodles.
The Great New Mexico Food Truck Festival
Last Saturday morning dawned misty and overcast, with the kind of persistent drizzle that one doesn’t often see in Albuquerque. After an incredibly dry March, I thought it was going to be a terrible, soggy day for the Great New Mexican Food Truck Festival. Of course, I should have known better. By noon, as we…
The Curious Kumquat
EDIT: The Curious Kumquat closed in June 2016. To learn more about chef Rob Connoley’s food, check out his cookbook Acorns & Cattails. We took a trip to Silver City a couple of weeks ago. Silver City, NM, is on the edge of the gigantic Gila National Forest, a federally protected wilderness larger than the state…
The New Mexico Food Truck Festival Is Coming!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about food trucks. I love them, but in Albuquerque it’s hard to keep track of them. (Oh, how I wish we had food-truck pods like Portland does!) For one day in April, however, we Burqueños will do food-truck pods one better. Instead of a parking lot, we’ll have…
Homemade Moo Shu Pancakes
I don’t eat Moo Shu Pork – or vegetables, or chicken – very often anymore. Which is a shame, because Moo Shu is a tremendously fun thing to eat. We just so rarely eat out anymore at the kind of Chinese restaurant that serves it. (Chinese restaurants of any stripe are not the most common…
Blue Apron Overview and Meal-Kit Delivery Roundup
Meal-kit delivery is a big business, and there’s every reason to think it will continue to grow. In May of last year, Blue Apron was valued at $2 billion, and Hello Fresh claimed to be selling 4 million meals each month – more than it sold in the entire first half of 2013. I consider these…
Blue Apron Recipe Review: Chicken Meatballs & Creamy Polenta
Here we are at the last of the three meals from my Blue Apron trial week: the lengthily titled Chicken Meatballs & Creamy Polenta with Tomato Sugo & Lacinata Kale. I wasn’t really looking forward to this one. The chicken meatballs sounded kind of fussy to make, and I expected them to dry out during…
Blue Apron Recipe Review: Roast Pork with Sauteed Spinach & Olive Smashed Potatoes
It was time to try the second of three recipes from my free Blue Apron trial week. I decided on the Roast Pork with Sauteed Spinach & Olive Smashed Potatoes because the spinach seemed the most perishable of the remaining ingredients from my box. Also, I was excited about the mashed potatoes with olives, a…
Blue Apron Recipe Review: Cod Brandade
I signed up for a week of Blue Apron (read more about the process here), and was really looking forward to trying out the first recipe. My policy is to cook fish as soon as possible after getting it home, so I chose the fish recipe first: Cod & Potato Brandade with Watermelon Salad &…