Tagged: cooking
between cooking and
between cooking and
serving an entire thanksgiving
meal, with whipped cream on
top of freshly baked pie, you hollered
coffee from the couch and ruined it
.
20221130:1454
y
this must be the place,
this must be the place,
said one creature to the other,
the aroma of
apples and spice cooked over low
heat escaping into the yard
.
20220806:1814
y
even in the big
even in the big
city, the “little” enclaves –
Chinatown, K-Town,
Little Senegal, Guyana,
Italy, Poland, India –
cannot contain
the vastness
of our mothers’
spices, simmering
on the stove
.
20220719:1717
y
no, not all soba
no, not all soba
noodles are created equal –
this is learned only
through trial and error, holding
constant all other ingredients
.
20220525:2001
y
even in the same
even in the same
family, we hold our cooking
preferences sacred –
mandoline versus knife, boil
first then chop, chop first then boil
.
20220523:2019
y
in the art that is
in the art that is
kneading, there are mantras and
meditations that
take us deeper and sweeter
than what comes out of the oven
.
20201203:1908
y
asymmetry is
asymmetry is
delicious, imperfection is
an ingredient
.
20201119:1850
y
more often than not,
more often than not,
we experiment with our
kitchen discards – one
out of three, okay, maybe
five, is not too, too shabby
.
20201030:1530
y
there is nothing that
there is nothing that
deep-frying can’t
fix – or a
skillet and a good
amount of oil
.
20200528:1326
y
a little roux goes
a little roux goes
a long way, regardless of
where you are cooking
.
20200525:0834
y
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