15 Monday Mar 2021
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anchovy paste, avocado oil, cinnamon stick, dried árbol chili peppers, dried Chile guajillo, dried chiles japonés, garlic, sesame seeds, shallot, smoked paprika, star anise, Szechuan peppercorn
Shelby and I sat at the dining room table (in her new home) for an entire morning.
She peeling garlic, me shucking chili pepper seeds, all the while laughing about whether making homemade Chili Crisp Oil would be worth it in the end.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in beef, pork, lamb, international, love to cook
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Boston butt pork roast, cinnamon, clove, honey, ketchup, maple syrup, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, sriracha, star anise
Char Sui is Chinese BBQ Pork. Don’t let the word BBQ fool you. This isn’t your typical southern pulled pork BBQ (albeit we love that). No, the flavors and cooking method for Char Sui is quite different. And the results…phenomenal. Juicy, melt-in-your-mouth pork infused with a sweet & sticky marinade. Let us not pass over what makes Char Sui dreamy good. Crispy. Pork Fat. Rules!!
Continue reading »01 Thursday Aug 2013
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beef broth, beef filet, cinnamon stick, ginger, jalapeño, lime, rice noodles, scallion, star anise, thai basil
Vietnamese Beef Pho.
Let me just say this about that. I don’t think I’ve ever delivered so much flavor with so little effort. When I got home from work I assembled everything I needed, put the broth and seasoning on to simmer, all in about 5 minutes. I did also pop our beef filet into the freezer, which later helped with getting a nice thin slice.
Continue reading »03 Sunday Mar 2013
Posted in cocktails & coffees, love to cook, spice exploration
I made scrumptious Pistachio-Chai muffins yesterday afternoon. I sat down at my computer this morning, muffin by my side, to write about them. I didn’t get two sentences in before I was stuck. How do I describe the flavor of Chai Tea? I love it. I’ve had it many times since Shelby first introduced it to me several years ago. I know there’s cinnamon, I think there may be ginger and clove, but it’s depth of flavor is far more than that.
Continue reading »14 Monday Jan 2013
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chicken broth, cinnamon, corn starch, eggs, ginger, peppercorns, scallion, star anise
I’ve mentioned before how much I adore my hair stylist. And I think you also know by now that I LOVE to talk about food. So when I have my time in the salon chair with a captive audience…we talk about food. I’m so happy that she has become a Lemony Thyme follower. Through conversation, I’ve always known she was a ‘good eater’ (something my mom labeled you as, IF you were willing to try different cuisines, and of course clean your plate).
Having said that, she’s young and still honing her own cooking skills. She shared that she loved the egg recipes I had been posting, but no matter how hard she tried she could not poach an egg. To quote her, “they always end up like egg drop soup.” And that was the recipe inspiration for this Egg Drop Soup post.
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