Vietnamese-Style Summer Rolls with Shrimp or Tofu
5 Jun 2008

Vietnamese-Style Summer Rolls with Shrimp or Tofu

by | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, Seafood, Sides & Salads | 20

Ughhh… I am not recommending you go into making this for the first time late on a Wednesday night. Ughhh… Of all the finicky nonsense that plagues much of gourmet, frou-frou, highbrow cooking, why this common street food snack so ridiculously delicate a process? I’ll chalk it up to two major things: my inexperience with the ingredients — the rice (or “vermicelli”) noodles and the rice wrappers — and with how to handle them. How wet can the wrappers get … Read More

In the ‘Pink’
3 Jun 2008

In the ‘Pink’

by | posted in: Ruminations | 4

Isn’t it wonderful to discover blogs and websites that are so up your alley you almost want to inhabit their space-as-virtual living room? The feeling must have gone both ways when I was encountered by Sarah McColl, who writes from a like-minded crafty, clever and budget-savvy point of view at Pink of Perfection (even though she’s happily engaged – bah!). She may have beaten me to running a profile, but I had such a nice girl talk for it that … Read More

Pesto Avocado Portoburger
1 Jun 2008

Pesto Avocado Portoburger

by | posted in: Grains, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 19

Warning: If you make this at your next barbecue, your vegetarian friends may want to stand up on the picnic table and leap into your arms, proclaiming forever best friendship. I don’t know this from actual experience, but I can only imagine, after many summers of seeing glum-looking vegetarians skulking from the greasy-smelling fume clouds, nervously glancing at raw ground meat and drippy hot dog packages in the way that one cannot resist looking at a bug after squashing it … Read More

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