Vegetable Masala
Some restaurants deserve a second act. The Indian place five blocks from my Long Island City office, the same one that gave us those Chili Garlic Mushrooms back when wandering …
Cultural-Misappropriation, Indian, Indo-Chinese, Side Dish, Vegetarian
Chili for a Blizzard
The National Weather Service, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that the Mid-Hudson Valley has not yet suffered enough. Another nor’easter is inbound. Eight to twelve inches of fresh misery, …
Chili Mushrooms, a 5 Star dish
Back when I had an apartment in Long Island City, my roommates and I used to wander the streets like culinary mercenaries, hunting for anything that didn’t taste like it …
Teriyaki Mince
Fourteen days after the start of the current ice age and it has yet to rise above 25°F. Cold, winds, and snow up to my knees are discouraging any thoughts …
American, Asian, Beef, Cheap, Cultural-Misappropriation, Mince
Zhu Que. (Firebird Chicken)
Look outside. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Yeah. That’s what I thought. The Hudson Valley has declared war on forward motion. The snow isn’t falling so much as accumulating with intent, …
Dumpling Curry Soup
When Autumn Laziness Meets Freezer Treasures The leaves have turned their final colors and fallen like culinary confetti across my yard, and there’s that particular chill in the air that …
Infused Oil Alchemy
My business trip to Napa Valley last week delivered the expected parade of world-class wines and vineyard vistas, but the real revelation came from an unplanned detour. Tucked on a …
Bhaji, Bhaji, Bhaji – Your Air Fryer Challenge Answered!
When one of my followers threw down the gauntlet on social media, challenging me to help them master onion bhaji in an air fryer, I couldn’t resist a callback to …
