I came across a great Japanese market on my walk home from work. Hana Japanese Market recently opened at 17th and U Street in Northwest Washington, DC. It is a great little market that carries almost any Japanese product you could need. They mostly have dry or frozen goods, but they also get local, fresh […]
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Everyone love a good dip, especially when it’s accompanied by a good cracker. For our “Inaugural Ball,” we made an assortment of dips – hummus, sundried tomato, black bean, and roasted red pepper.
Last year we brought you The Best of Cookography 2007 and we wouldn’t let you down this year. Presenting: The Best of Cookography 2008! We have collected some of our favorite recipes from the last year and compiled them into a nice looking PDF. Print it out and add it to your cookbook shelf. The […]
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We have gone through the thousands of photos Luke took this past year and selected some of our favorites. They have been uploaded into a fancy looking Flash gallery, thanks to the Lightroom Software. We usually end up with lots of good photos that never get posted, or get posted in too small a size […]
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We have already professed our love of Jose Andres – his restaurants, his food, his TV show etc. Well, between our birthdays (November and January) and Christmas we’re pretty much set with Jose Andres paraphernalia. Carolyn got the Made in Spain season 1 and 2 DVDs for her birthday from her brother. Then, we were […]
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Happy New Year! It is amazing that another year has come and gone. Carolyn and I had a lot of fun this past year and made a lot of tasty dishes. There are a lot of dishes, however, we wanted to try to make, but never got around to. To help make sure we branch […]
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I really like the King Arthur Flour company, I think they make a great product, and I like their Baker’s Banter blog as much as I like their flour. Over the weekend I made a batch of homemade hummus and decided to make some pita to go with it. Pita is surprisingly easy to make, […]
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As someone who is a full 50 percent Italian, I’m almost embarrassed to say that I’ve never made homemade meatballs…until now! We were making homemade pasta one night and the desire for meatballs and tomato sauce was too great to ignore. The recipe says to use a “light touch” when forming the meatballs. I’d say […]
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One of the BigTree Farms products I picked up in Bali was a box of Muntok White Peppercorns. White and black peppercorns are the same thing. The black peppercorns are unripened berries that are cooked briefly and then allowed to dry. The white peppercorns come from fully ripe berries that are soaked in water for […]
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Our farmer’s market just closed down for the year. On one of the last weekends Carolyn brought home a great present – a head of Broccoli Romanesco. Broccoli Romanesco is actually closer to cauliflower than broccoli and is a bit more tender. It tastes pretty much the same as cauliflower but looks cooler. Being the […]
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