Asian cuisine is a very broad area of cuisine with multiple cultures and styles that all bring something wonderful to the table. Here are a few of my favorite Asian dishes for you to try. Rice Entrees Soup Stir Fry Dessert
Read MoreRamen Noodle Faux Pho
If you’re like me and keep a stock for ramen noodles packets in a plastic tub in your garage, ya know, should things go suddenly south cause shit happens, then you need to rotate those bad boys to keep your supply fresh. Here’s a simple …
Read MoreFrench Country Apple Tart
This French pastry is in the “country” style, which means it uses simple ingredients, requires skill little skill to make, and the focus is on flavor over appearance. You do have to make a pastry crust, which isn’t hard, and I’ll walk you through it. …
Read MoreRice Pudding
If you were like me growing up, you couldn’t wait for Mom to make a rice entree because you knew she’d use leftover rice for a dessert pudding. This is not my Mom’s rice pudding recipe, but it’s one you’ll like, if you enjoy rich …
Read MoreAsian Chili Sauce
A spicy hot Asian condiment that’s called Chili Crisp. My version uses olive or avocado oil and honey for health, but you can use vegetable oil and sugar. The recipe calls for Shiitake mushroom powder, which you can get it online. While the ingredient list …
Read MoreSprouted Bread
As a former distillery owner, the idea of making sprouted bread has a certain moonshine appeal. Sprouted bread is made from what distiller’s call malted grains, which are grains allowed to germinate or sprout (start to grow). This is done by soaking grains in water …
Read MoreOven Baked Rice – Garlic Butter
There are many ways to prepare rice, using a rice cooker is the most common, but is not best for all tastes and textures we are looking for in some recipes. For example, if you are preparing South American or Korean cuisine you probably want …
Read MoreThe Madmen of Moscow
My Dearest Elana: I’m sitting outside away from the others listening to Chopin. They target phones but I quit caring around ten this morning and need to calm myself from the countless tragedies I don’t understand and certainly can’t convey. It’s dark, ferociously windy, and …
Read MoreCalculus of Love
Chapter 6 in R. M. Dolin novel, The Dangling Conversation WES “They’re not the same and I’m not sure why you disagree, but if you’re being honest, you know it’s true. At least that’s how it’s worked for me, and experience is the ultimate arbitrator. …
Read MoreReasoning with Unreasonable People
An American Express Platinum Card Travel Experience 12/20/2022 The Set Up On October 27th, I started planning travel from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Paris, France to run a wilderness half marathon, watch the World Cup, and hang out with friends before Christmas. After accruing over …
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