A good buddy of mine, Jason Meyer, gave us a couple of tables he made a while back. He’s a very talented sculptor/furniture maker/badass dancer that I used to work with at Bin36 back in the day. In order to show gratitude Yuki and I invited he and his fiancée over for dinner the other night. We [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Thanks for the furniture
Posted in beef, Home Cooking, tagged garlic, japan, ginger, soy sauce, sake, seaweed, sesame, onion, carrot, rice, hijiki, corn, spinach, konbu, shiitake, avocado, custard, mixed green salad, dashi, soup, lemongrass, sesame oil, vegetable stock, lime juice, jason meyer, bin36, cherry tomatoes, vinaigrette, rice wine vinegar, olympic meats, strip steaks, red pepper flakes, yellow pepper, mexican chocolate, pots de creme, egg yolk, heavy cream, whole milk, bittersweet chocolate, strawberries, whipped cream, prosecco on January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Kabocha Stew
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged angel hair pasta, bread, brown beans, carrot, cinnamon, curry powder, garlic, ginger, kabocha, lamb, lentils, lime, olive oil, one pot, onion, orange juice, paprika, parsley, purple potatoes, red pepper, udon noodles, vegetarian stew on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry it took me a few days to put up this past week’s Meatless Monday. It’s been a pretty hectic week. Plus, I still have posts from Japan that I need to get up as well as other home cooked meals from both me and my wife. Soon enough my loyal readers (all three of [...]
Abyssinia
Posted in Restaurant, tagged abissynia, beets, chicago, collard greens, derek yebeg, doro wat, ethiopian, feta, goat cheese, ground beef, injera, miser wat, ras dashen, salad, sambusa, yellow lentils on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday night we checked out another Ethiopian joint with a couple of friends. This time we went to Abyssinia, which funny enough, is literally next door to Ras Dashen. While they both serve typical Ethiopian dishes they could not be more different in atmosphere. Ras Dashen has live music on Friday nights. You can hear live [...]
Veggie Pita
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged avocado, chicken stock, cilantro, cumin, garlic, green pepper, japanese eggplant, lime juice, meatless monday, olive oil, onion, paprika, pita, purple potatoes, red pepper, tomato on January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We picked up some pita bread yesterday so we decided to make some vegetarian pita sandwiches for Meatless Monday. The beauty of something like this is that you can fill them with absolutely anything! We went with a more Middle Eastern flavor. I sliced a Japanese Eggplant into quarter inch thick slices. I also sliced one [...]
Vegetarian Mapo Tofu
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged baby eggplant, beer, chili paste, garlic, ginger, green beans, map tofu, meatless monday, mushrooms, onion, parsley, scrambled eggs, sichuan peppercorns, silken tofu, vegetable oil, vegetarian, white rice on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Another Meatless Monday in the books. I had some veggies and tofu I needed to use up so I made a vegetarian version of Mapo Tofu. I chopped up half of an onion and sautéed it for a few minutes. Then I added a half-inch piece of ginger and two cloves of garlic, both grated. After [...]
Ras Dashen
Posted in Restaurant, tagged bass, berbere, bongos, bread pudding, cardamom, chicago, chicken, cinnamon, coffee, coriander, date, diblik atkilt, doro alicha, doro wat, egg, empenadas, ethiopian food, fair-trade, fenugreek, flax seeds, garlic, ginger, green pepper, guitar, indian, injera, jazz, lamb, lentils, misser salata, misser wat, nutmeg, nuts, onion, organic, paprika, raisins, ras dashen, red pepper, rice pudding, salsa, sambusa, samosa, saxaphone, spinach, yebeg wat on January 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After years of wanting to head up to the far north side of Chicago for some Ethiopian food, I finally got off my ass and checked out Ras Dashen the other night. All I have to say to myself is, “What the hell took me so long?” I had to start with some Ethiopian coffee, the [...]
Vegetarian Moussaka
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged bay leaf, biscuit, buttermilk, chickpeas, eggplant, eggs, garlic, greek yogurt, green lentils, lamb, meatless monday, moussaka, mozzarella, mushrooms, olive oil, onion, portabella, potatoes, rosemary, thyme, tomato paste, tomatoes, vegetable stock on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alright, another Meatless Monday in the books. Yesterday I made Moussaka for dinner. Traditionally made with lamb, I omitted the meat and made my own version. It was a lengthy process, but the results were delicious! I sliced an eggplant into about 1/8th inch slices. Then I layered them on a colander and sprinkled some salt all [...]
