Meat Pocket Short Story: Empanadas

Empanada – Spanish verb “empanar”, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanadas! I have crafted another meat pocket short story – chapter 5, if you will. Read more on the early chapters here. Empanadas hail from several countries, probably completely unbeknownst the other back in the day, including Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, Latin America, […]

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You Can Bánh Tráng Anything – Exhibit One: Spicy Korean Pork

In the March 20th Case of bánh tráng-ing anything, would the jury with please direct their attention to Exhibit 1: Spicy Korean Pork Bánh Tráng. Still not the most outrageous thing to be rolled up in a tapioca rice wrapper but does cross some international borders. For detailed instructions and tutorial on wrapping with rice […]

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om•e•let – King Crab from Cradle to Grave to Plate Squared

om·e·let also om·e·lette – n. A dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked until set and folded over, often around a filling. A few nights ago we dined on King Crab at Honey Court (play by play with commentary). Despite giving it our bestest, we still had some to take home. Inspired by a dining experience […]

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It’s Okay to Get Crabby with Your Mother-In-Law . . .

. . . when it’s served up three ways in a Chinese Restaurant! Right now is live King Crab Season, at least here in Seattle, and the method of choice for celebrating the three most important days in April: mine, my father-in-law and my mother-in-law’s birthday. All within just a handful of one another, as […]

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Leftover Makeover: Potato Ham Pizza

Ready for a round of refrigerator roulette winner takes all? What’s at stake? Pommes de Terre Dauphinoise (cheesy sliced potatoes) from the other night and 2 slices of ham…. The gamble, that I can create a pizza in Tom Douglas’s likeness. At his restaurant, Serious Pie, (seriously awesome), he serves up a pizza with potatoes […]

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