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  Pre-Pear-ed

  12.02.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Western/American holidays in China have a totally different meaning than they do at ‘home.’ Having a Christmas party or a Thanksgiving dinner is, at least for me, more about nostalgia and comfort than about the actual holiday. I didn’t have a big party at my house so that we could all think about the Pilgrims. [...]

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• Thanksgiving, baking, butter, dessert, holidays, home cooking, huzhou, recipes, unruly chefs

  Butter + Booze

  11.27.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel:

  Absolutely totally butter-less.

  Unfortunately, not mess-less. Every silver lining has a cloud.

  I know Thanksgiving is over for everyone, but mine is on Saturday, so drool over all this and keep it in mind for next year.

  Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Streusel
  From Food and Wine
  ½ recipe pie crust, enough for [...]

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• Thanksgiving, baking, butter, chocolate, dessert, holidays, home cooking, huzhou, mysterious ingredients, recipes, unruly chefs

  Bitter Batter, Butter Biscuits

  11.26.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  A long time ago in a galaxy far far away before my mother and father married (or perhaps it was just after), my mother roasted a chicken for dinner. Maybe she was trying to impress my dad, maybe they had guests over for dinner; the details of this have always been a bit muddy to [...]

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• Thanksgiving, butter, chocolate, dessert, home cooking, housecleaning, huzhou, unruly chefs

  Elbow Butter

  11.24.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This pretty much sums up everything I don’t like about cooking and baking:

  Not to mention that this time of year, hot water usage comes down to: shower or sink? Given that I usually opt for the hot shower, doing the dishes becomes a numbing chore in the literal and figurative sense. But if dishes [...]

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• Gerald, cooking, home cooking, huzhou

  Extra Sharp

  11.16.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I can hardly believe that this wasn’t my idea:

  But the idea man behind buttering two pieces of bread and melting some cheese between them (Edam and cheddar, if you’re curious, Gerald) deserves credit, as well as a spot on the Plate of Wander cast of characters.
  Meet George.

  He doesn’t smile in photographs.
  I think the last time [...]

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• America, baking, butter, chocolate, dessert, holidays, recipes

  Jew Eat Yet?

  10.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Food and religion seem to me to go hand and hand. My dad’s family is Jewish and my mom’s is Christian, so my brother and I were raised celebrating holidays from both religions. (And no, this does not mean twice the presents. It just means half the presents twice.) Except for some family bar/bat mitzvahs, [...]

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  Le Week-end

  09.18.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  It’s a pretty dull life out here, being an unemployed college graduate shacking up with the parents. Sure, I’m catching up on reruns of shows like Home Improvement and Reba, but it’s getting harder to find quality television to suit my needs. Thankfully I’ll be out of here in a few weeks.

  When I’m home [...]

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• America, Peanute butter, baking, cake, chocolate, dessert, recipes

  An Edible 1040

  08.22.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Halloween was always a bittersweet holiday for me. I loved dressing up, trick-or-treating, and, more importantly, filling a pillowcase with enough candy to erode my entire skull. (I would still be going now, at the hoary age of 22, but even when I was 15 people were asking, “Aren’t you too old for this?” Is [...]

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• America, baking, butter, cake, cooking, dessert, recipes

  Ich Bin Ein Kuchen

  08.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  You know how families have those classic recipes, the ones that are passed down through generations? Maybe there’s a grandmother that made Apple Pie That Brought the Family Together, and then she taught her daughter how to make it and that woman taught her daughter and it becomes the family legacy with ‘secret ingredients’ and [...]

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• America, butter, chicken, cooking, entrees, recipes

  All the News That’s Fit to Print

  07.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The weekend is kind of like a three-course meal: appetizer, entrée, dessert; Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Sundae! Haha!….sorry). Even though dessert is one of the greatest things around, it’s got a lot of stigma—buttery, sugary, calorie-laden. So many, though they enjoy dessert, come to dread what comes after it—the guilt. Sunday gets a similar rap; sure, [...]

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