Charm City Cook
Food is good
snowstorms are awesome. really, really awesome. especially really big ones. watching that ticker go across the bottom of the tv screen, you hope and pray for the simple pleasures of jammies, hot chocolate and popcorn. you sometimes see that looming phrase, “essential staff must report.” oh, dude. i’m sorry. that’s no fun. essential staff. while home …
years ago, my friends in california kept telling me about all of the great street food in LA. totally jealous. i thought…will we ever have a taco truck in charm city? after all, baltimore is a pretty traditional place. and…it’s not a big city. it’s not LA, not NYC, not SF…it’s b’more. then, thankfully, i stumbled onto the curbside …
about ten years ago, i stumbled upon nam kang restaurant. very random place, random location, but excellent food. there is a bit of a language barrier (i once ordered lemonade and got a glass of milk…) but the people there are extememly nice, so it’s all good. they serve japanese, chinese and korean food and my …
this is my latest fave dish from my very FAVE show, america’s test kitchen. yes, i am a nerd. i was intrigued by the alternative to the usual type of pesto. in trapani, italy, this is a peasant meal, so it’s very inexpensive to make. the sauce barely covers the pasta, which is typical in italy…not so …
a few years ago, i stopped buying bottled salad dressings. homemade versions are so much tastier and free of added sugar and preservatives. i’m a big fan of vinaigrettes, but every once in a while i’ll make a creamy dressing. here are some great recipes so you can make your own, too! i’m always telling everyone …
i saw a blog post recently on serious eats about making goat cheese. i had never really thought of making cheese, but since it sounded so easy, i thought i’d give it a shot. i got the goat’s milk and cheesecloth at whole foods, borrowed a candy thermometer from a friend and headed home to start …
limoncello is a very tasty italian drink and i’d been hoping for years to make it. and, now that i’ve made it…i’m wondering…what took so long?! it is delicious and so easy. you just have to be patient[it takes a minimum four weeks.] here is the recipe. make yourself some of this wonderful digestif!
i buy fresh eggs every saturday from andy’s eggs (fallston, md) at the waverly market. many of my friends prefer the sunday market under the JFX, but i really like waverly. it is smaller, i know many of the vendors…and it’s year-round, so i can get my weekly milk, eggs, bread, lettuce, etc, even in the dead of winter. i get a weekly …
recently, the city of baltimore came up with yet another bizarre slogan. in the past, we’ve seen “the city that reads”, “the greatest city in america”, “get in on it” and now…”find your happy place.” well, my happy place is the waverly farmers market. every saturday, i head to east 32nd street with my bags …
