Recipes we actually cook, with ratios, timings, and notes.
The latest recipes to make it into the book.
A coconut curry noodle soup built on quick-marinated pork (a shortcut to velveting), lemongrass, and whatever vegetables are on hand. Brown the pork fast and leave it underdone, so it finishes in the soup and stays tender.
Two pork stir fries from one method: lemongrass pork, and sweet ginger and garlic pork. Use a lean, tender cut like pork sirloin tip, which wants a fast cook. There’s no deep frying, so both are much lighter than takeout.
A quick, sweet-and-sour relish from the pickle shelf, for when a dish wants one.
Spaghetti, cherry tomatoes, and garlic cooked together in a little oily water, so the sauce makes itself as the water boils off. It’s the Cherry tomato and garlic pasta build of one-pan pasta.
How a kind of food works, so you can cook the dishes that aren't written down.
A burger is one or more patties, a bun, and toppings. These are the burgers I love.
Pasta cooked in the pan it's sauced in, in just enough water to cover, so the water turns starchy and finishes the sauce the way a restaurant's pasta water does.
An engineering log for the kitchen: research, testing, and the odd recipe-site rabbit hole, before any of it becomes a recipe.
Early October is mostly trip notes: a tabbouleh worth learning, a subtly sweet red cabbage, an onion jam on a double smash burger, and a German dinner of roulade and pork tenderloin with apple. Plus all of the Hawaii treats we have grown …
Two goulash tests: a first-principles pork version on the 14th that came out better than expected, then a v2 on the 29th with oven-roasted pork, soaked dried mushrooms and smoked paprika. Alongside it, chicken Milanese from …
A month of ideas rather than cooking: samosas and pakoras, empanadas, kofte, and a summer lasagne on the list, plus a couple of recipe sites bookmarked for later digging.
Back from time off and easing into fresher food, starting with a tested and approved batch of gyro dogs — freezer-friendly, and good for quick meals.
