The other night my volleyball team got together after work for a weeknight dinner party. Fortunately, I didn’t have to host since one of our teammates happened to be house sitting for her aunt who has this view: Amazing!! Since there would be no time to go home between work and dinner, I needed to bring a commuter-friendly side. … Continue reading
Who doesn’t love to sink their teeth into a juicy, meaty, grill-charred burger in the summer? Vegetarians, I suppose. Buzzzz kill. At any rate, veggie lovers, this one’s for you. But before we get to the recipe, I have to show off this incredible summer spread from yesterday’s Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. Does it get prettier … Continue reading
Everyone’s got their favorite food and mine happens to be tuna. Raw, seared, baked, broiled, battered, blackened, or canned. If it weren’t for the mercury (and the price!) I’d have it daily. Two of my favorite preparations are sashimi style over sweet, sticky Japanese rice or blackened and seared rare with cilantro and pickled ginger. … Continue reading
I love Thai food. My first Thai food encounter was in Bloomington Indiana, at a little restaurant called My Thai Cafe. I’m sure all my Bloomginton friends are chuckling at this since I don’t even know if it is considered “authentic” Thai food. It is spicy so it’s got to be close, right? When it … Continue reading
We’ve been eating a little better lately. Better as in actually preparing real food again instead of resorting to microwaved nachos or cold cereal. I accept that there are periods in everyone’s life when actual home-cooking just doesn’t fit in the schedule, yet I’m very glad we seem to be coming out of one of … Continue reading
So far, the menu this week has been 50/50 in terms of success. On Sunday night I attempted to broil a top sirloin steak. I overcooked it; I now know it would’ve been done perfectly in six minutes (when I originally removed it from the oven.) I second-guessed myself and put it back in for … Continue reading
‘less you forget…” – Jim Gaffigan, comedian Before I proceed, please, do yourself a favor and have a laugh: On Jesus. For a brief moment, I forgot it was Friday and I ate meat. It was an innocent mistake, and I only had 3 bites – I swear! Normally I grab a Greek yogurt for … Continue reading
The Lenten Season is upon us! I try my best to choose something to give up every year that is a ‘sacrifice.’ I use the word sacrifice losely because it seems a little presumptuous to assert that giving up chocolate or Starbucks is a sacrifice, particularly when there are people all over the world who … Continue reading
My hopes of making spaghetti squash with feta and tomatoes were squashed by, well, another squash. See, the commissary likes to do this tricky thing where they mis-label fruits and vegetables so people like me come home with a bunch of surprises. I’d say roughly 67.8% of the time, meals in the Johnson house are … Continue reading
I regret that it’s been a whole week since I’ve made time for any blog action. Well, that’s not entirely true. My nose has been stuck reading a lot of blogs actually; I just haven’t contributed to my own. I have however, been contributing to society. This week has been all about getting into the … Continue reading
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