What's for Dinner? v.17.03 - Round Up the Usual Ingredients
So there’s this company called Fathom Events that shows a lot of different things in movie theaters, as one-, two-, or three-night events. Ballets. Operas. Hiyao Miyazaki retrospectives. They also...
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What's For Dinner? v17.04 -- Kale Salad
I have a lot to say about this before getting to the recipe.The lentils are optional. They add a lot of carbs and protein to the green salad and make it more satisfying by itself, leave them out if...
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What's for Dinner? v17.05: Fettuccine with Cherry Tomato Butter Sauce
Welcome to another Saturday evening here at WFD! In the midst of the heat of summer cooking can often become a chore so I find myself looking for ways to make the most of fresh produce without heating...
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What's For Dinner? 17.06 Whole Hog Edition
The whole hog roast. It is a fairly rare and slightly inaccessible treat. Sure, if you live in Hawai’i you can always go to a luau, but often times they’re relegated to county fairs and special...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v. 17.07 - Ghost Goes Hawaiian! (with apologies to Gidget)
So I checked the calendar and it’s still August and still hot af, as the kids say. So I’m grilling again—Hawaiian style! Okay, technically, it’s still just the ol’ Weber, with charcoal briquets, but...
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What's For Dinner? v17.08 - Zucchini Relish
I ran this recipe previously but I didn’t make it that time, now I have pictures to prove I did it.A friend who is also a gardener and foodie sent me this recipe a long time ago when I complained about...
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What's For Dinner? 17.09 Cueritos Edition
So Anyway…A few weeks ago I did a diary on a slow cooker “whole hog”. I had mentioned that because I used skin on pork belly, I needed something to do with the skin. Waste not, you know. So I asked...
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What's For Dinner? 17.10 New Ways, Same Concept
So, the California Roll. Invented as a way to get people to like sushi, a California Roll is a maki roll, inverted so the rice is on the outside and the nori inside, and filled with Fake Krab, avocado,...
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What's For Dinner? v 17.11 - Stacked Enchiladas
This is typical California-style Mexican cooking, shown to me by a Mexican-American housemate about 40 years ago. I’ve never seen stacked enchiladas on a restaurant menu, probably because they’re...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v17.12—Shortcut to Semifreddo
Summer is winding down where I live, so tonight’s post is likely the last of my summer-specific recipes—in this case, semifreddo. (“Semi-what now, ghost?”)Semifreddo is an Italian dessert, the word...
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What's for Dinner? v17.13: Karaage Edition
So...Last week was strange. First, I thought I would be publishing this on the 24th of September, but it turns out I was a week early. Second, I had to get up at Monday O'clock in order to travel to...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner v17.14 -- Huevos Rancheros
Huevos Rancherosserves 2Until chilaquiles became popular, Huevos Rancheros was pretty much the only Mexican breakfast dish anyone knew about. It’s more work than just frying eggs but it gives you all...
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What's For Dinner? v.17.15: Twice-cooked pork edition
Thanks for the opportunity to share one of my favorite recipes, from the 1970s Sunset Chinese Cookbook. My cousin, who spent a while in Hong Kong, always asks me to have the ingredients on hand...
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What's For Dinner? v.17.16: World's Easiest Fall Recipe - Sausages with Grapes
Just two “real” ingredients — and it’s from Gourmet !Here’s the short version; quantities and times are below: Cook sausages in olive oil; add grapes and cook till soft, stir in balsamic vinegar.Fall,...
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What's For Dinner? v17.17 - Chilaquiles
Chef Chris Santos on Food Network said that one of his cooks showed him chilaquiles in the mid-1990s and it’s been on his menus ever since. Now it’s in not just Mexican restaurants, but lots of trendy...
View ArticleMy Journey To India- The cuisine, not the subcontinent
This journey begins in the later days of 2020. We had locked down and stayed safe since late March. My girlfriend was my lockdown partner as we both agreed to stay smart and stay away from everyone...
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What's For Dinner? 17.18 Crumb Steak Edition
UPDATE: Sunday, Nov 6, 2022 · 12:57:07 AM +00:00·zenbassoonIt’s so nice seeing family stories of schnitzel and other similar things and the stories of the three stage breading. I’m glad this has given...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v17.19 - Winter is Coming (We'll Need Recipes!)
I did a couple of diaries last year where I talked about the foods of my youth: Great-Grandma’s persimmon cookies; how Mom made crème brulée every New Year’s Eve. I’m going to continue that today, and...
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What's for Dinner? v17.20: Thanksgiving for Busy People
We have a baby on the way, and it seems like she is in a hurry to get here. Meanwhile, the impending start of the World Cup is triggering multiple work emergencies. Needless to say, it's a busy time...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v17.21: Thanksgiving Leftovers of course!
Good evening and welcome cooks, foodies, and eaters to another Saturday night at What’s for Dinner!What’s for Dinner? is a Saturday evening get-together where friends share recipes, talk about good...
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