I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Eve. I’ll go out and party if an opportunity presents itself, but deep down, I hate crowds, I hate staying up late, and I hate being charged out the wazoo to enter a bar, restaurant, etc. that on any other day would let me in for free. [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Comfort Food category.
Built for Two
Making Christmas dinner for two is easy, but boring. It’s hard to scale traditional holiday classics down to size. Corey and I debated going out to eat for Christmas, but the holiday menus we perused were overpriced and uninspired. I knew I could do better than that! We threw a few ideas around and finally [...]
Red Beans & Rice Didn’t Miss Her
I love beans, but for a long time I avoided making them from scratch. Most recipes suggest you soak dried beans overnight before you use them, and quite honestly, I’m not that organized. Plus, soaking for eight hours and then cooking for a few more hours makes beans seem like too much work, and really, [...]
Perfect Storm
Mexican food is the perfect storm of so many things I love to eat. Beans. Cheese. Salsa. Avocado. Sour cream. And, most recently, carnitas. I don’t think I tried carnitas before I moved to San Francisco; maybe I never noticed it on Mexican restaurant menus, or maybe I just played it safe with chicken and [...]
Poor Man’s Crabcakes
I love crabcakes. Jumbo lump crab meat is delectable…and expensive. So when I’m craving that flaky, moist, crisp-on-the-outside texture, I turn to a decidedly cheaper alternative: Salmon Cakes. My mom made thesse quite often when I was a kid, and to this day they’re one of my favorite quick comfort foods. Now, a warning about [...]
