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Indonesian Reports - Indonesia Restaurant and Borobudur (very long)
, Borobudur had a nicer, more upscale decor. It also decorated its dishes more than IR, placing a daisy (with red or yellow petals and a yellow center) and parsley on many dishes. But there are some ways in which the restaurants...
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What are you making for dinner when it so hot?
Grilled everything: We’ve been using a lot of marinated chicken, fish, shrimp. Non-marinated beef. Veggies marinated and grilled include red peppers, portobellas, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, asparagus, corn (with fresh...
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Plants that take over
Yes, I’ll never plant jerusalem artichokes again. We dug them out finally but once you know what the plant looks like, you will probably spot it in thick patches in certain farm yards. It gets very tall and has a yellow...
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Help me make fried plantains, please!
If your local PBS station has the Daisy Cooks series you might want to check it out. She has two episodes that discuss frying plantains and she owns a gadget for squashing plantains, which she says is optional. I learned how to...
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Onion advice requested
I use whatever large sweet onions are in season interchangeably. I prefer the sweet onions as well. The large yellow sweet onions often have labels on them, with names like Walla Walla, Vidalia, Texas Sweet, or Maui. I think...
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Thai Aree w Pictures (Long)
attentive service, fresh as a daisy ingredients made with care, pleasant surroundings all prepared and served by people who were happy to have you visit their establishment. As Zim and I were paying the check he happened to...
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Brussel Sprout recipe?
. Cut off the brown ends of the Brussels sprouts and pull off any yellow outer leaves. Mix them in a bowl with the olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour them on a sheet pan and roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until crisp on the outside and...
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5 Meals 2 Days in Pasadena Area (Best of...)
Let’s see what we can add to the list. For breakfast/brunch I would suggest: Marston’s, Europane Bakery, and Peach Cafe.http://www.thepeachcafe.com/ For other meals I would suggest: Azeen’s Afghani Restaurant,...
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What did you make for dinner tonight?
Quesadillas with shrimp and cheddar served with an avacado/scallion/roased red pepper quacamole & a yellow tomato salsa & shredded lettuce. Kind of elaborate for me on a week day, but I had just seen a food show that inspired it.
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Peruvian Light Green Sauce - Ahi? (Aji?)
Daisy Martinez (Daisy Cooks!) made some Aji a week or so ago on her show. She made it with Serrano Peppers, Garlic, Red Onion and lots of Lime Juice. She also talked about it for a while and mentioned that, like Sofrito, there...
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Good bars to head to if not in our 20s?!
of their bartenders for a piece about fizz tails in the August '09 edition, fyi. At Pegu, their Red Pepper tail was deliciously sweet & spicy. Pepper infused tequila blanco mixed with yellow chartreuse, St. Germaine Elderflower...
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Food Mix week: Per Se, Di Fara's, Momofuku, Katz...
experienced occasional missteps there. the difara question is the biggie. i consider it the best pizza in ny, but if your gf — or you — want to replicate the experience of dining in italy, i’d raise a yellow...
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Ideas needed for my big self-indulgent pity party
Okay, stop right there...hand over that recipe (please)...it sounds SO good, Daisy...did you brown up the short ribs first? must....try....it. Thanks!
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ISO soup dumplings...in LA or OC
Hi – I had some, or what was proported to be them, at Daisy Mint in Pasadena. I’m not sure how much liquid is supposed to be in them, there wasn’t much, but I really liked the flavors. We were instructed to bite...
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Calling all cooking! Rice recipes
a recipe posted on Daisy Martinez’s website. It went something like this 30 Ajicitos Dulces (small Puerto Rican sweet pepper) 4 Bell Pepper 2 Orange Bell Pepper 2 Yellow Bell Pepper 5 Bunches of Cilantro 3 Heads of Garlic, Peeled 3...
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