. sous vide . fermentation . dry curing .
Pretty standard stuff here today, but who doesn’t love a simple chicken stew, am I right?! Although my plan was never to make this today. The tomato sauce I used as the base was made the day before and was meant for spaghetti, what else, right?? The super greens were the consequence of lacking parsley […]
I’ve been on a high protein, low carb thing for a week, but that all ended today, no surprise there. Nothing can ever replace the satisfaction of eating CARBS. Congrats to folks out there who can pull off the keto thing. I don’t even know how that’s possible. Let’s talk about photography for a sec. […]
I remember growing up and having amazing roasted chicken every Christmas. I loved every time Christmas came around… are you kidding me… gifts and ROASTED CHICKEN. Best case scenario for any non-vegan kid. To this day I’m grateful but it also gave me a warped idea about certain aspects of cooking. As if roasting a […]
Flank steak is one of my favorite cuts to eat. It is also a great cut to cook sous vide. It’s really simple and because the flank muscle is flat, it cooks evenly. The meat is tender, it cooks fast. I’m a carnivore beyond salvation and I can honestly say that providing a recipe to […]
Why hello! It’s been a minute hasn’t it? It’s about 3 hours from 2025 and I thought I’d check in and wish you a Happy 2025. I have a long list of comments I have to get back to so apologies for the long silence… it’s been I don’t know.. maybe 4 years since I […]
Here we go… walking into unknown territory again… maybe not for you but certainly for me. My Vietnamese kitchen knowledge is literally zero or so it was until a few hours ago. I love Vietnamese food and eat it frequently but I have never actually cooked a single Vietnamese dish at home, well, until tonight. […]
Alright, it’s almost midnight on Dec 31. Time to wrap it up for the year 2019. I figured I’d cook something completely different from what I usually cook during the holidays. Don’t ask me how I ended up with this choice (drunken internet browsing for sure) but I’m extremely happy I did and to be […]
One day I will write a post a week like I used to back in the old days but I’ve been busy and lacking writing stamina lately. I moved out of that dodgy hotel room months ago and rented an apartment in San Jose, near “smelly” Milpitas but not too close to the landfill-waste-whatever plant so […]
It’s been a while since I wrote about traditional comfort food and it has definitely been a while since I’ve made this dish. It’s hard to make this dish without thinking about Julia Child if you live in the US. I went through my Julia Child phase many years ago (not that she invented the […]
I want to quickly go over tough cuts and how you can achieve something pretty unique using the sous vide method. I’m a medium-rare meat eater and although I love tough cuts cooked traditionally which in most cases requires temperatures nearing the boiling point, like in the case of braises and stews, there’s something magical […]