The stuff you put in your foodhole
We’re getting a little taste of fall weather but mostly some of the good soup ingredients are really plentiful right now. We’ve made (and eaten) two batches of roasted jalapeño soup and currently have a pot of sambar on to … Continue reading Soup’s On! Sunday Food Thread 10/10
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! So, a few weeks ago a very cool thing happened: TokyoTreat offered to send me a free box to review. Naturally, I jumped at the chance because, duh, free Japanese … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 15, 2021)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you’re looking for a fairly quick and easy bento, then the classic soboro bento is for you! A soboro bento includes dishes that are chopped, flaked, ground, etc. and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 25, 2021)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Today I want to talk about one my favorite things to eat: pickled plum (umeboshi). If you’ve never tried one, they have a sour, salty flavor that may be a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 11, 2021)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Yesterday my good friend Dropwing shared this relaxing and super informative YouTube channel all about Japanese cooking: Imamu room. So today I’m sharing it with all of you! The videos … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 21, 2021)
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is a somewhat irregular column in which I, your humble LibraryLass, look at restaurant, hotel, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th– and today for the first … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, Featuring Quark’s Bar and Restaurant, Deep Space 9, 2385 (at Star Trek: the Experience, Las Vegas, NV, 2008)
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is a somewhat irregular column in which I, your humble LibraryLass, look at restaurant, hotel, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Disneyland Through The Years!
Mesopotamia, the region roughly occupying modern Iraq, is one of the oldest inhabited areas of the Earth. It’s been settled, conquered and fought over for millennia, being the seat of many empires and the graveyard of others. But until relatively … Continue reading The History Thread Cooks the Mesopotamian Way
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I don’t have much time this week, so I’ll just quickly share the bento I made this week. That’s right, bento making is back! I once again have a reason … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 26, 2021)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Last month I received my first Umai Crate, which means that I have a ton of interesting instant noodles to tell you all about today. The subscription comes with several … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 28, 2021)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! You can’t go wrong with ochazuke! So true, right? Yesterday was cold, dreary, and just all around gloomy, so I tried making ochazuke for the first time. Now I can … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 14, 2021)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! The Spring anime season is just around the corner with a bunch of new shows to check out (and Crunchyroll is still announcing new shows each day), the cherry blossoms … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 31, 2021)
In these past 2 weeks of love and appreciation for these greens (but also a lot of, uh, b***hing about what actually makes a vegetable), it’s come to this: In Fourth Place – Avocado! (???) In Third Place – Corn! … Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Results!
whelp we’re officially called The Garlic now … or are we? Will Potato take away the crown from the vampire-killer? Voting will close 12 March, 5am EST Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: FINALS
We’re nearing the end! And a look at what we’ve got now: Some sweet stats: Veggie with lowest votes to proceed to next round: Avocado (50) [:(] against Red Onion (38), which was also the Veggie with most votes to … Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Semi-Finals – Fabulous Four
So where we are now with the current cream of the crop(s)? Some sweet stats: Veggie(s!) with lowest votes to proceed to next round: Both Chickpeas (44) and Avocado(!) (44) [against Ginger (32) and Pickles (41) respectively)] Veggie with most … Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Quarter-Finals – Amazing Eight
Time to see which delightful greenies made it: Some sweet stats: Veggie with lowest votes to progress to the next round – Beefsteak Tomato (41) which narrowly beat Bok Choy (35) Veggie with most votes to be eliminated – Olives … Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Round 2 – Sweet Sixteen
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! When I still had a reason to make a bento every day, omurice (Japanese rice omelette) was one of my favorites. It’s relatively easy to make, and you can use … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 3, 2021)
You all sure got giddy with these nominations, eh? Well, time to see what made the cut: Voting will close 4 March, 4:30am EST Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Round 1 – Tip-Top Thirty-Two
It’s March! Spring will be on our doorsteps soon, and that means it’s time to prepare for a very important holiday: Pi(e) Day! Celebrated each March 14, there’s no better way to honor pi than with baked goods. So, let’s … Continue reading Recipe Exchange: Pie
Here ya go, all you damn hippies going on about EVERY VEGETABLE IS A GOOD VEGETABLE these past two weeks. Some ground rules though: As with the Worst Vegetable Tournament, I shall be using the United States Department of Agriculture’s … Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Nominations
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