Tagged: cooking
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
no one ever
no one ever
acknowledges
that we double our
recipes till death
do us part
.
20200107:1824
y
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