Adventures in Eclectic Home Cooking
After a long week of packing, moving and unpacking, eating mostly instant foods or takeout, it was refreshing to have a day off to enjoy the weather and some fresh, unprocessed produce before returning to work tomorrow. Because we noticed many of the cherry blossoms in our neighborhood blooming, we thought it would be a [...]
Posted in Site News on Apr 15th, 2009
Things have been a bit slow here at Get Cooking because Jen and I are in the process of moving to an apartment of our very own. We have mostly been cooking our favorite staples on repeat and enjoying delicious lunch boxes for days on end. While it has been tasty and comforting, there has [...]
This post was a guest post on a blog that I love, Just Bento, during their Frugal Bento Month. I’ve posted it here for continuity and posterity. I encourage you to check out the other posts on Just Bento (and Just Hungry) as Maki has some of the clearest Japanese recipes you will find on [...]
Posted in Guilty Pleasures, Recipes, Technique on Apr 7th, 2009
Brussels sprouts have a bad reputation. At some point when we were kids, we heard a rumor that they were gross. They were the “punishment” vegetable kids on TV were always forced to eat. Surely they were part of a nationwide parental scheme to fool children into being “healthy.” And who even knew what they [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 1st, 2009
This post is a companion piece to a recipe I wrote as guest blogger on Just Bento, Curried Lentil “Risotto”. Please check it out there and let me know if you enjoy it. Together, these have been some of my favorite recipes lately. Thank you Maki for giving me a little space on your awesome [...]
