I’m usually wary of recipes that promise huge shortcuts in traditionally labor-intensive dishes. Usually, such dishes are labor intensive because they need a little extra time and effort to become something spectacular. Risotto is a prime example of this; you stir and stir and stir to release starch and give the dish its trademark creamy [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Comfort Food category.
Black Hole
The concept of time changes radically once you’re pregnant. The days drag in the beginning as you’re waiting for that first doctor’s appointment, or waiting for the all-clear to tell everyone your happy news. And I’m sure time moves just as slowly near the end of this journey when you’re huge and uncomfortable and ready [...]
Finally, Y’all
After nearly three years, I’ve finally found delicious fried chicken in San Francisco. It was crispy and well seasoned and almost as good as my beloved Mama Dip’s. I found it here: I resisted going to The Front Porch because I figured it was yet another restaurant that turns simple Southern fare into (unnecessarily) fancy [...]
Simple Comfort
My mom’s chicken potpie is the stuff of dreams. She takes chicken and veggies, coats them with a layer of gravy, and tops the whole shebang with homemade pie crust. The crust is the key ingredient, but it also makes it a rather labor intensive dish. I could take the easy way out and use [...]
Craving Fulfilled
Here’s a fun fact about me: I once appeared on a short-lived Food Network show called Calorie Commando. If you never saw it, the premise was simple: “real people” worked with the Calorie Commando, Juan Carlos Cruz, to come up with healthier versions of their favorite gluttonous foods. To be honest, I applied for the [...]
