In our second guest post, I bring you Kalani Craig’s “bad sourdough recipe.” Read it for the jokes even if you aren’t planning to make sourdough. If you missed our first guest post from “MB,” you can still catch up with “Forlorn Kale, Dejected Eggplant.” All good sourdough recipes require three things: a starter (nursed […]
Category: Hipster food
Forgotten French Toast
Dear Readers,Anjali finally wrote this recipe for her dreamy french toast. Enjoy.RSW I made French toast, and started writing this recipe about 14 years ago, back at the start of quarantine. And, back when the dark humor mixed with New Jersey sarcasm didn’t seem all that mean. Alas, it took me until today to finish […]
We Ate Weeds from the Yard
It finally happened. Anjali had been threatening to harvest the overabundance for weeks. We ate dandelion greens. Weeds. We ate weeds. It helped (didn’t help) that our yard is full of them because we’ve lived here for one a month and given nothing more to our lawn than two really bad haircuts with the jinky […]
The Fire Episode
I noted in a previous post that my Saturday started with fluffy, delicious buttermilk pancakes and ended in fire. It’s time to explain. See, on Friday night Anjali and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. With classic Wingo “nothing-to-see-here” nonchalance, I picked up several large branches and carried them back home. There’s no […]
Croissomlet
We previously noted that once a week, we are patronizing a local business to keep some cash flowing in their direction. Today, Anjali went to the dirt store (what I’m calling Funke’s Greenhouse) and then stopped by the College Hill Coffee Company to pick up coffee and baked goods. Anjali didn’t know it at the […]
Floppy Squash Fried Rice
We are trying to support a local restaurant once per week during quarantine. A few days ago, we ordered Chinese takeout. We got tofu and stir fried mixed vegetables in brown sauce, Szechuan string beans, egg rolls, and cheese wontons. It was tasty and delicious. But there was too much rice. Fried rice is the […]
Tofu bites and sautéed kale
Worried that overpriced hipters food will no longer be an option with the impending economic doom? Learn how to make hipster food at home (and wonder why you ever paid an extra two dollars for siracha aioli)! Tofu Bites Press a block of tofu – i.e., wrap it in an old cloth (think of it […]