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I’ve been cooking a lot lately, and it is only out of laziness i have not documented my efforts. Pho turned out great on my first try. The same with banh mi. I’ve experimented with jerk recently, making some fiery hot meatballs and a sweeter chicken version. Some friends complained about the heat of the meatballs— I made them punitive in nature, which is how i sometimes like it. I like them to burn on the way out, if you know what i mean. I made the chicken for a dear friend’s birthday party, shredded into chunks, and people loved it. That sauce was more runny, with a fruity hint of OJ, and plenty of allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon, all ground fresh.
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I’ve come to a grim decision: to take down all of the photos on this site and start over, at least as far as photos are concerned. I’m really not that happy with Flickr as a showcase for this site’s photos. It is too difficult to use of the purposes I envisioned. So the photos will come down, and hopefully reappear over time in a more realistic and sustainable resolution. Perhaps then i will be more interested in posting regularly again. Besides, it will soon be time to make limoncello, and i wouldn’t want anyone to miss that one.
July 25th, 2009 at 11:58 am
the chicken and the meatballs were perfectly wonderfully hot - not scorchy gratuitous heat, but nice and richly warm with what tasted like a variety of peppers and spices. but - maybe we should start a fire-eaters anonymous group…