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Category Archives: Recipes
Recipe: Easy Thai Curry
We made this with shrimp, but you could use just about any protein. The key is the readily available Mesri Thai Green Curry Paste. Adapted from this recipe. Serves 4. Ingredients: 1 T coconut oil or neutral vegetable oil 1 … Continue reading
Recipe: Instant Pot Al Pastor
Al Pastor pork is marinated in citrus juice and it’s our favorite taco meat next to lengua. In Mexico, the product is cooked on spits rotated next to an open flame so the meat carved off is crispy on the … Continue reading
Recipe: Pineapple Salsa
Pineapple salsa is purpose-built for tacos made with our Instant Pot Al Pastor. It’s also a good topping for any dish when you want a combination of sweet and hot, though a bit loose to use as a dipping salsa. … Continue reading
Recipe: Fried Calamari with Three Kinds of Peppers
Three Vines Bistro, an establishment in my town, makes a superb fried calamari with three kinds of peppers: cherry, jalapeño and banana. I didn’t have banana peppers so I substituted some sliced pepperoncini. They were fine but the hot … Continue reading
Recipe: Giardiniera
Our giardiniera recipe has a perfect balance of tart/salty/a bit of sweet, so please do not change the ratios of vinegar, sugar and salt unless you want to experiment. We were inspired by some aggressive giardiniera at Palm City Wines … Continue reading
Recipe: Secret Ingredient Steak Tartare
The secret ingredient in our steak tartare is reconstituted dried onions…. a natural extension of their use in daddyburgers. By the way, turns out in his later years Sigmund Freud ate steak tartare for breakfast every day, something his Kosher-keeping … Continue reading
Recipe: Roasted Red Peppers Marinated with Artichoke Hearts
Roasted Red Peppers Marinated with Artichoke Hearts was a happy accident. We roast and marinate red peppers whenever they’re on sale; this time we had extra dressing and found a can of artichoke hearts in the pantry. The artichokes have … Continue reading
Recipe: Midcentury Chinese Pepper Steak
Elsie Lee says this Chinese Pepper Steak recipe, which appears in her hard-to-find Easy Gourmet Cooking, cannot be improved on. It’s a midcentury classic; if you grew up then you will immediately recognize the taste profile of celery flavored with … Continue reading
Recipe: Hotel Room Pickles
Hotel room pickles happened because we had some nice carnitas and wanted some Mexican-style pickled vegetables (escabeche) to accompany. We’ve noticed the taco shops no longer put out these assortments, probably a COVID casualty because sharing condiments is looked down … Continue reading
Recipe: Chicken Rice from Supermarket Rotisserie Chicken
Chicken rice is a Hainanese recipe in which tender poached chicken is served over rice cooked in a rich chicken and ginger stock. It’s supreme comfort food that has spawned a number of fast takeout places in the Bay Area … Continue reading