Cold noodle bowl

Man is it ever hot – we just moved from LA to Washington D.C. and the weather has totally changed how I want to cook – and eat! There is a grill outside that I have been using so the apartment doesn’t see the A/C combat the oven – though...

Surf and Turf

The key to this dinner is the timing – the lobster tail only needs a few minutes to steam and a few minutes to broil the butter on top and the pasta only needs a few minutes in the boil and a couple minutes frying in the sauce. The pasta took a while, including...

Stout Ice Cream

This is pretty simple, but does require an ice cream maker – or a flippin’ lot of stirring by hand. There isn’t much of a trick to it, other than to follow the directions for your ice cream maker – usually you need to freeze the bowl overnight....

Garlic Ghee

Roasting a bunch of heads of garlic at once is great (and will keep for a while in the fridge) but I wanted to just make a small portion for one meal and since I knew it was destined for mashed potatoes, I wanted to try to poach the garlic in butter. I used a small...

Black Bean Burgers

2 cups black beans 1 cup PLAIN bread crumbs 1 egg Half an onion – grated Several cloves of garlic – grated 1 tbsp chili paste (hot or not) 1 tbsp tomato paste 1tbsp powdered spice mix or blend of several spices or chilis (hot paprika, cumin and etc.) 1 tsp...