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May 13, 2009

Benefits of a fixie

Seems like an awesome escape bike :) They forgot to mention that you can go backwards!

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May 8, 2009

Cats and yoga

Why are animals so intrigued when you work out in front of them? My cat, Mochi, does this to me too :P

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May 3, 2009

Small plates, take 2!

Our first round of small plates was a success so we were inspired to try out a new round of dishes. Here's what we tried tonight:

Roasted Cauliflower with Braised Radicchio

Seared Tuna with Hazelnuts and Pink Peppercorns on Couscous

Except we made some modifications and added another side dish.

So we made the roasted cauliflower, mixed with kidney beans (we used white kidney beans), garlic, Italian parsley, and chives (as the recipe said), but without the radicchio. Instead we sauteed spinach with garlic because we had a whole bag that we wanted to use up.

For the seared ahi...

We substituted macademia nuts for hazelnuts (both would be good). And one color of peppercorn is so humdrum (even if they are pink peppercorns), so we bought a FOUR-color bottle of peppercorns. We served the tuna on a bed of quinoa instead of couscous. We cooked the quinoa in vegetable broth and some basic spices like we always do, but this time we seasoned it with lemon zest and that turned out delicious!

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Small_plates_take_2.zip (18807 KB)

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April 29, 2009

the wild wild suburbs of oregon

I was on the Intel shuttle plane to Hillsboro, OR this morning. We had just started to land and were well below the clouds when suddenly the plane tilted upwards and started heading back up to the sky. Very confusing. Even the flight attendant didn't know what was going on. The plane did some strange turns flip-flopping in the air, and then after a few minutes we circled and landed normally. What was the reason for the plane's sudden change of route? Coyotes on the runway.

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April 24, 2009

9th Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race

Every year, a few hundred local SF'ers dress up (we'll take any excuse to put on a costume) to race down a very curvy hill in the city on big wheels and other little kids' toys. The race was originally held on Lombard St. and has since moved to the very twisty Vermont and 20th in Potrero Hill. There are only two rules: no rubber wheels and no trash left behind. Everything else is fair game.

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April 24, 2009

Small plates!

Awhile ago we went to this book event at Omnivore where we sampled delicious small plates. We tried some of the recipes from the book a month ago (and I'm finally getting around to blogging about it now). We made:

golden chanteralle-topped crostini

green beans with lemon vinaigrette, blue cheese, and almonds

curry-dusted halibut with arugula and jasmine rice

Overall it was an enjoyable dinner and all of the dishes were easy to make. The halibut was delicious and our favorite of the three. The green beans were good but not quite as good as when the author made it for us - her blue cheese sat in separate crumbled pieces amongst the green beans, whereas our blue cheese got too friendly with the vinaigrette and made a semi-paste that spread over the green beans. And we all agreed the crostini would have been so excellent with a creamy goat cheese in place of the ricotta that was spread under the mushroom mixture. We'll have to try these again taking some creative liberties :)

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April 19, 2009

lisa hannigan + fun paper creations

I love lisa hannigan - she creates beautiful songs and it turns out beautiful paper crafts as well!

This is the music video for my favorite lisa hannigan song "I Don't Know". in the video she creates her own little world out of paper cutouts.

The second video "Lille" features a pop-up book that tells the song's story. amazing!

Filed under // art music

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March 14, 2009

Hawai'ian Night

Inspired by Garry and Steph's liverwurst tea sandwiches, we decided to band together to create yet another masterpiece with packaged meat. Last weekend they came over and we cooked a Hawai'ian menu of loco moco and spam musubi. Fun fact: Hawai'ians are the #2 biggest consumers of spam in the world. (Guam beats them out for the #1 spot) Theo's Hawai'ian background has given him enough experience making spam musubi to expertly cut a musubi mold from the spam can :) We mixed up some malibu rum and pineapple juice to accompany the meal and sauteed some bok choy just to have some greens on the plate. And of course we photo documented the process. Looks deliciously heart-stopping, huh? We were all pretty happy with the results.