I was gonna get around to this anyway… someday… but since I had an actual request, I thought I ought to hurry up and post about this coconut rice. Like a lot of recipes in my Indian cookbook, it is a two-parter requiring both a saucepan and a frying pan. I routinely cut it in […]
This actually springs from a two-recipe meal, but I’m writing it up in two posts out of impatience. In that pic, you should be able to see delicious lentil dal with spinach as well as coconut rice pilaf and an eggplant-yogurt “salad,” all from my Indian vegetarian cookbook. (We’re still on a pilaf kick around […]
One of my favorite Thai dishes is pad prik king. It’s spicy and contains green beans, which I adore when they’re really fresh. Months ago, somewhere on the Internet, I discovered that I can jury-rig a version of prik king at home with red curry paste, sugar and soy sauce (or fish sauce, but the […]
This is my brand-new blog about cooking the slapdash way — substituting, omitting or adding things at will. Rather than repeat everything on my About page, I’m just gonna send you there to read all about my goals here. But in short, this is a chronicle of my adventures as a non-detail-oriented cook who’s found […]
