food
-
read to start the weekend
freshly published just 1 week ago, quite a cool read, cheese and contralto :-). Excerpt Music has been the inspiration behind most of the cheeses Scanlan makes at Andante. She typically comes up with the name first, and listens to or plays music that helps her work out how she will design the cheese. She… Continue reading
-
vietnamese watercress salad
Another of my favorite vietnamese dishes. Instruction below courtesy of my sister-in-law, with a slight modification. I had to go shopping for olive oil, vinegar, and filet mignon for the first time in life too.. only because previously they have always been handled by little sister who either had the ingredients or used the former… Continue reading
-
canh cà chua sườn
Highly motivated after watching Orphée, and determined to eat better to recover from this damn pollen season, i finally bought some ribs! (first time in life!) and wrestling them in the kitchen (first time too!) But there were precedent: little sister had visited 5 years ago to make one of the fav dishes, and on… Continue reading
-
canh cà chua đậu hũ hẹ
A very satisfactory dinner! 🙂 This is one of many very basic vietnamese clear soups (canh) and is typically a staple in daily vietnamese meal. Yet I haven’t made it probably in more than 10 years for various reasons, but the primary being the inability to find chives. May be backing up a little bit,… Continue reading
-
lovely seattle
Greetings from *very warm* Berkeley! After a full week visiting frozen Seattle. I always say (to self) you can get a good impression of a (livable) city first by its airport, second by transportation from such airport to the city center, and finally by access to Vietnamese food :-). Given my connection to the North… Continue reading
-
photo for the week
——– ps- people often ask why i barely eat.. mainly because i don’t get to eat what i crave 🙂 (in fact, smorgie can testify when such food is present i have no problem tricking you into leaving so i can eat also your portion 😀 ). ps2- a good recipe+instruction, or watch the video… Continue reading
-
boston: food
things are winding down here, i back in the office after an eye-opening food tour with experts, aka asians who live for fine nourishment. Actually i didn’t join them for last night festivities, but generally our day involved late noon gatherings + walk + bakery + cafe + girls watching + superb dinning + passing… Continue reading
-
vietnamese feast, part II
little sister is here, which means i’m super well fed. not much to describe. She asked for a menu (what I wanted to eat), i provide a list, and here we are. Still more to come of course. but this post is all about picture. Some of the ingredients I’m not sure about the english… Continue reading
-
vietnamese feast
the charming smorgy braved the public and private transportation system in southern california to visit me in LA just in time for a special invitation from my best friend for a vietnamese feast early this week. there are few people i would show up on the spot when they cook, little sister and best friend… Continue reading
About Me
scientist by day, opera fan by nights and weekends.
thadieu's opera rambling outlet 