There’s no such thing as inherently bad food…only food made badly.
Well, it’s ten months in, and my hands are getting good and ugly. Indeed, in a line cook’s world, every cook can identify another by the story written on his arms and hands.
“Dude, that’s a gnarly one!! How’d you get it?”
“Damn, that one’s gonna sting like hell when you shower.”
After missing pieces of fingers, [...]
So if you’ve known me long enough, chances are you’ve probaby been victim to one of my long tirades about the status of Chinese food in the States…
I’ll spare you guys the speech, but one book (of many) that you may consider reading on the topic is The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee. Incidentally, there’s a video of [...]
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Yes, the photo’s a repeat, and no this isn’t the hotpot we had for Xmas.
I’ve a confession to make…the whole Christmas ham thing?
Not a fan.
Christmas dinner always seems to play second fiddle to Thanksgiving. No one’s finished recovering from planning (or eating) that feast, so it seems like Christmas dinner becomes a matter of, “What [...]
I need to take some photo classes…
Ever since I started realizing my preoccupation with cooking, I had always toyed with the idea of going to culinary school. Anyone who knew me in college (and now) would tell you, I spent probably too much time stressing, bemoaning, and being a general complaining sad sack (sorry all) [...]
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So it’s been a good two months since I’ve gotten back and I’ve had some time to mull over my experiences. And while I’d like to spill them all into writing…I realize (as usual) that it would be just incoherent babble without at least some measured thought. Point is, this is (hopefully) the first of [...]
Okay, sorry everyone! I too have been a terrible blogger these past few months. Not like we have a ton of readers to satisfy, but I do apologize to you few who come check us out from time to time. Thanks, haha. Unlike Nate, I don’t have a great firewall of China blocking me from [...]
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Whoa, whoa, whoa…what’s going on here? I disappear for four months and our blog goes under? Not on my watch.
Notice the intimidating eyebrows and the far more intimidating (and heavy) cleavers. They say that you know you’re Chinese if your mom owns a cleaver bigger than your head. Anyway, so if the above picture isn’t [...]
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Given our blog’s yet unfinished status (Jon and I are still hashing out a proper title and template) and subsequently low readership numbers…I guess writing a discussion-type entry would be risky. Nonetheless, here goes…
In my mind, there is a clear dichotomy in one’s perception of cuisine. There is gastronomique/fine dining, and then there’s comfort food. [...]