Goobers Galore

So at some point in the vaguely recent past, I happened to acquire a small collection of goobers. I’m not quite sure I’ve had goobers before this point but, sad to say, they’re just not all that good. I need them to at least be doused in caramel or some other substance, at least they’d [...]

Drew’s Magical Salad

I actually have a really hard time making salads. The big problem is the dressing, I suppose. The store dressings I’d get never tasted as good as restaurant dressings. Also, I had a bad habit of buying ranch dressing and continuing to use it for long after the expiration date, whereupon it gets a weird [...]

Ah, leftovers (the beans persist!)

So the beauty of the bean concoction that I made yesterday lies strongly in its cheapness. $.60 for a can of beans, $.60 for a can of tomatoes, a scoop out of a large bag of frozen corn that cost $1.50, a chunk of cilantro for a buck, and misc. seasonings already sitting around. And [...]

Tex Mex Concoction

There really are very few things that wouldn’t benefit from having a large quantity of chipotle tabasco sauce dumped on top of them. Well, maybe not ice cream I guess. Or my car. Nonetheless, the point here is that chipotle sauce is the Sauce of the Gods. So I was feeling Tex-Mexey tonight and decided [...]

Asian food festival!

So there are few things I heart more then food festivals. Got the chance to attend Richmond’s Asian American Festival this past weekend, and it was delightful indeed. Most food festivals tend to focus on a particular country (for instance the local Lebanese food festival is absolutely fabulous). However, the Asian festival focuses on an [...]

Peanut butter brownies, with bonus chocolate

So, a few weeks back Drew and I came into a boon. Easter had ended, and anything that was vaguely being marketed for easter was hardcore discounted. At Ye Local Grocery Store, there was a lovely discount bin filled with unwanted candies. This is how we came to acquire 20 bars (or rather, $5 worth) [...]

Rice concoction

So I totally didn’t make this one: This is something that Drew came up with a little while back, inspired by a vaguely similar dish eaten at a Lebanese food festival. The essential ingredients are rice, red pasta sauce, and green beans, seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper. Delightful add-ons include cheese (this particular instance [...]

Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit

I believe that pork and beans are rather akin to sake – good either hot, or cold, but never lukewarm. This is a neat image if you ignore the fact that a.) there are stains on the potholder, b.) it’s a bowl of beans sitting precariously on a stuffed chair, and c.) this might just [...]

Mock Sesame Chicken

There seems to be a secret to making sesame chicken that is good and right and delicious in every possible way. I have yet to discover that secret. Even greater then that secret is the hidden knowledge of how to make gluten (a form of imitation meat) soft and springy and delightfully chewy, combining perfectly [...]

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