From the monthly archives:

May 2010

The great (e)scape

28 May 2010

I once had a friend in college (rather, boyfriend) who fancied himself a very good chef. When he went to cook me dinner, it was stir fry, which is probably what he cooked for the next girlfriend, and the girlfriend after that, and the girlfriend after that, in case you were wondering where this story […]

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Thai beef salad

24 May 2010

I once took a couple of classes on Thai cooking at a French restaurant in China. Makes sense, no? In point of fact it does, which is the beauty of Shanghai city’s culture (though I am bereaved to know that the pajama party will be ceasing soon). But that is not the subject of my […]

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Lentils with caramelized onions + gingery spinach

20 May 2010

and The Underpants Gnomes Theory of Weight Loss:* 1) Eat, torturously 2) … 3) Look great!!!** Moody Food does not do diets. We’re sure they work for lots of people; we just don’t know any of them. And Moody Food is unfortunately not Catholic. We don’t believe in guilt as a useful disincentive or incentive […]

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Pasta puttanesca

17 May 2010

They say this dish’s origins lie in the workplace of that oldest of professions. (Funny that the oldest profession would be a woman’s, no?) Some say it was prepared by working ladies in between engagements, when time was scarce and shopping infeasible. Others say it was prepared by those same working ladies to lure potential […]

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Happy Aunt’s Day!

12 May 2010

Is there an Aunt’s Day anywhere? I don’t think so, which is a shame, because my aunt is pretty great. And look! She also has the greatest pots and pans. (The one on the top left weighs ten tons, for the record, with that other clocking in at a mere five.) She makes the greatest […]

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Happy Mama’s Day!

9 May 2010

I think my own mother would hate these, but pink and green does seem the right color scheme for Mommy’s Day.

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Asparagus boat

6 May 2010

I’ve missed the boat on a lot of things this week. Tuesday was May Fourth, perhaps an interesting day to think about Chinese food, and Wednesday was Cinco de Mayo, probably a nice day to think about Mexican food. But there were other things going on in my world both yesterday and the day before […]

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Shrimp gougères

1 May 2010

Way-uh ah the hors d’oeuvres? We were standing on the rooftop of a ladies’ club, and I did not have the answer to this burning question. There was white wine, a few mixed drinks, some crudités. Who dunks raw cauliflower in Ranch Dressing and eats it? There were no hors d’oeuvres. For the types of […]