Posts Tagged "E.A.T. World"
Donburi at Hotaru
Category: Random Talk, Restaurants Tags: E.A.T. World, Hotaru
THIS POST WAS REVISED ON 9/17
Tonight, I was treated to a delicious dinner at Hotaru, a Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, CA. My date and I each ordered donburi –more commonly referred to as don– which consists of vegetables, fish or meat, simmered in sauce and served in an oversize bowl on top of rice.
Vietnamese Style Curry Soup and Thai Coconut Brown Rice
Category: Recipes Tags: bella mushroom, Curry, E.A.T. World, oyster mushroom, Tofu, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vietnamese
I’m almost at my second week as a Californian, and am in love with the 99 Ranch Market across the street from where I’m staying. After a quick foray into the shop, where I picked up all sorts of delicious culinary odds and ends, I quickly realized I had the makings of an Asian… coconutty… curry dish. After a little Google action, I came up with this Vietnamese Style Curry Soup, a very close iteration of a recipe found on allrecipes.com. This dish goes wonderfully with a side of brown coconut rice, which serves as a creamy offset to the spicy curry soup.
Brown Coconut Rice
Category: Recipes Tags: E.A.T. World, Thai coconut rice, Vegan, Vegetarian
Image courtesy of SBSFood.com
Enjoy this delish brown coconut rice dish, which was inspired by a post I found on allrecipes.com. The original recipe calls for larger servings of rice, coconut milk and water, suggests using coconut oil as a preference over other vegetable oil types, and does not call for soy sauce –a last minute adjustment I made after running out of salt!
I’ve Found Where Flavor Was Born…
Category: Random Talk, Recipes Tags: cook book, E.A.T. World
This past Saturday I picked up this exciting gem of a book– Where Flavor Was Born. From the title, depending on your world-view, you might assume this is either an exploration of the history of hip hop, or some sort of scientific dialog on the development and mechanics of the taste buds. If you’re among those who guessed the second option… you wouldn’t be far off.
(In reality, I don’t know who would really assume either of those two option; if you did, let me know , because you’re probably as much of a random oddball as I am, and we should be friends.)
Where Flavor Was Born outlines, in true narrative fashion, gastronomer Andreas Viestad‘s travels along the Indian Spice Route, history’s passage to experimentation with spices and resulting culinary exploration. In narrating his experiences, Viestad also outlines some of the favored recipes he picked up along with way.
I’m already eager to try his recipes for naan, cucumber and tomato salad, and some of the delicious soups picked up along the route. Look out for a whole slew of spice-inspired posts in the coming weeks!
Cabinet Raider Soup
Category: Recipes Tags: E.A.T. World, faux chicken, Projects, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian, yu choy
You know those nights you find yourself rummaging through your partially filled fridge and cabinets in search of a coherent meal, only to find you’ve got a can of coconut milk, a near empty bag of frozen broccoli, some Chinese cabbage, and bouillon cubes? What the eff are you going to make of that? Soup is what the eff you’re going to make of it.
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E.A.T. World… Get Out Your Maps and Skillets
Category: Random Talk, Recipes, Site Updates Tags: E.A.T. World, Pho, Projects, Vegan, Vegetarian
So, I’m a little late on the uptake on this one, but E.A.T. World (stands for Eating Around The World—clever, no?) is a fantastic initiative which encourages folks to try dishes from all over the globe. You try your hand at cooking— or tasting— foods from as many different places as you can, starting from A and working your way to Z. To use the creator’s example, trying foods from Australia to Zambia.
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