Looking for something?
Follow Burnt My Fingers via Email
Like us on Facebook?
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Burnt My Fingers on Recipe: Italian Deli-Style Hoagie Rolls
- Bronze on Recipe: Italian Deli-Style Hoagie Rolls
- Burnt My Fingers on Recipe: Cuban Roast Pork
- llcwine on Recipe: Cuban Roast Pork
- Burnt My Fingers on Recipe: Ramps Salmoriglio (Sicilian pesto)
Tags
- 1950s
- Albany
- baking
- barbecue
- BBQ
- burgers
- cabbage
- Chicken
- Chinese
- cole slaw
- Dallas
- Fancy Food Show
- FFS
- foraging
- Highland Park Cafeteria
- Indian
- Instant Pot
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Mediterranean
- Mexican
- Middle Eastern
- offal
- pandemic
- pickles
- pizza
- pork
- red sauce
- San Francisco
- Saratoga
- Seafood
- Sichuan
- sourdough
- Southern
- steak
- sushi
- taste test
- Texas
- Thai
- Thanksgiving
- Trader Joe
- Turkey
- Upstate
- Upstate New York
Meta
-
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Category Archives: Eating
Uncle Son’s Blue Ribbon Watermelon Pickles
We recently came across a 30 year old packet of recipes from my mother in Dallas, and among them was Uncle Son’s Watermelon Pickles. This recipe was a perennial blue ribbon winner at the State Fair of Texas so finding … Continue reading
Recipe: Twice-Pickled Ramps or Onions
We are a big fan of the Sweet Onion Pickles from local brand Pucker’s Gourmet. They come in a vinegar and sugar brine but the proprietor confirmed they are also lacto-fermented. So we tried our own twice-picked ramps expecting the … Continue reading
Posted in Eating
Leave a comment
Recipe: Steamed Hams
Unlike Principal Skinner’s deception on the legendary Simpsons episode*, our steamed hams actually are steamed, not grilled. We were inspired to create them when a friend posted a picture of the White Castle Vending Machine at Logan Airport. We had … Continue reading
Ramps season is here!
Ramps season has arrived in upstate New York, and we’re fortunate to have a generous supply from our friends at Saratoga Wild Roots. Some will go into the ground in hopes of a future harvest, and then we’lll do a … Continue reading
Caity Weaver’s search for the best free restaurant bread in America.
Caity Weaver a staff writer for the Atlantic, shares the background for this month’s cover story: “for years, I have been consumed by the certainty that, somewhere in America, a restaurant is giving away the country’s best free restaurant bread; … Continue reading
Recipe: Salata Falahiyeh (Palestinian or Farmers Salad)
I ran across a recipe for Salata Falahiyeh (Palestinian or Farmers Salad) on Serious Eats and though wait a minute, this looks like our Tabbouleh but with cucumbers substituting for the bulgur. Celiacs rejoice! Unlike Tabbouleh, this does not get … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Recipes, Sides
Tagged israeli, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, palestinian
Leave a comment
Cooking with tendon
I am a huge fan of beef tendon, as I’ve mentioned in the past. So when I ran across this Facebook post from a Hong Kong chef reminiscing about his impoverished early days living on the stuff, I knew it … Continue reading
Recipe: Banana Upside-Down Bread
Banana Upside-Down Bread was inspired by a NYT Cooking recipe which describes the upside-down technique but is otherwise too fussy for the lazy cook. So we adapted it to own simpler version. We tinkered with bourbon and raisins after reading … Continue reading
Food for Thought: Made with Lau
I had a large bag of carrots and googled “Chinese carrot recipe” hoping for a new way to prepare them. Dad’s Stir Fry Carrots was the top hit. It’s on Made with Lau, a two-time James Beard Award winner which … Continue reading
Recipe: Tahini Salad from Ali Baba Cave
Tahini Salad from Ala Baba Cafe is the secret ingredient in the miraculous shawarma wraps served at this long gone and sorely missed spot in San Francisco’s Lower Haight. I was delighted to find a snapshot of the menu and … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Recipes, Sides
Tagged Ali Baba Cave, Lower Haight, Middle Eastern, San Francisco
1 Comment