tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19024268983788068722024-03-13T12:26:32.943-07:00Food PornEavesdropping on the conversation between my stomach and my brain (my amygdala, in particular, since my frontal lobe seems to cede all executive function when it comes to food)Restless and Curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728753582949593779noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902426898378806872.post-32991052293345064172012-01-16T22:31:00.000-08:002012-01-23T22:33:03.026-08:00Food Experiment: Day 4<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Day 4 lunch: Leftover rib-eye steak with veggies and rice. YUM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Day 3 dinner: the marinated chicken turned out quite nicely. I didn't expect the sauce to caramelize so much, but the color is kind of cool! I guess it must've been the sake and sugar that did it. I even had time to back a black sesame coffee cake tonight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Day 2 dinner: The marinated steak from the day before was AMAZING! Sauteed for 2 minutes on each side, and then let the steak rest for 5 minutes before diving in. Nice brown peppery and flavorful crust on the outside, and very very tender pink meat on the inside. Perfect medium-rare just the way I like it! Had half a steak with a nice glass of cabernet sauvignon. Put the rest in the refrigerator for another day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Made ginger chicken soup, had some, and refrigerated the rest for the next few days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Made a big pot of white rice, and refrigerated most of it for the rest of the week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Sauteed one of the rib-eye steaks for dinner and marinated the rest for the next day to cook.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Prep/cooking time:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Chicken soup: prep15 minutes; cooked in pot for 3 hours, but doesn't require any work except making sure it's not boiling over; minimal effort required.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Rice: prep 5 minutes (or less); cooked in rice cooker for 30 minutes, minimal effort.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Steak: 30 minutes to let it warm to room temp, 6 minutes to saute in pan (medium-rare), minimal effort</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Marinating steak: 20 minutes to prep marinade (black peppercorn, crushed garlic, rosemary, shallots, olive oil), 20 minutes to cook the marinade in a sauce pan, 30 minutes to let it cool to room temp before putting it in a ziplock bag with the ribeye steak to marinate overnight. moderate effort.</span>Restless and Curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728753582949593779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902426898378806872.post-68070479417030231552012-01-12T22:59:00.000-08:002012-01-23T20:19:29.561-08:00Global Food Disparity<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was inspired by <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/26/102458/137/70/522670/">this 2008 Daily Kos posting</a>, which discussed <a href="http://www.menzelphoto.com/">Peter Menzel's photography project to document global food disparit</a>ies. Peter Menzel visually highlighted the inequities in food access across the world - and for me, it really hit home how heavily the average American meal relies on unhealthy, over-priced, packaged, and processed foods. We pay so much for our unhealthy diet. It's a stark contrast to the food consumed by families in other countries, particularly resource-poor ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So I am going to try an experiment this week - attempting to cook more healthy meals from scratch, while trying to not let the cooking overtake the little free time that I have. I bought 81 USD of groceries from Super H Mart (a korean supermarket chain in Atlanta), and will use the food from this photo and the old food that's been lingering in my fridge to cook as many meals as I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The list of foods from my trip and from what is already in my fridge:</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Proteins: Rib eye steak, chicken thighs, quail eggs, chicken eggs, tofu, frozen fish</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Fruits: apples, oranges, pomelo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Vegetables: kale, yuchoy, bokchoy, watercress, napa cabbage, cilantro, scallions, eggplant, spaghetti squash, leeks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Other: ginger, shallots, dry black beans, dry chickpeas, sake, parmagianno reggiano</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Carbs: rice, fresh udon noodles, fresh buckwheat noodles, dried somen noodles, dried soba noodles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Processed food: korean seaweed, bacon</span>Restless and Curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728753582949593779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902426898378806872.post-85729471708997224062011-11-11T07:37:00.003-08:002011-11-11T07:37:54.277-08:00Carne Carne Carne!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6_ZtdSTJ8j1cXklQlNqqT_SJWYU3sZkeRz3luCa3AhxvRx5zuhMELTypcnwEYdE0wAqGczeZrIiUl2FAhYj7s2GNqKpomc3TYE-8oIObdtolJ53Kf79UxFjBVIffzWo4KQPhR3RmFPkq/s1600/Argentina+Beef+Cuts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6_ZtdSTJ8j1cXklQlNqqT_SJWYU3sZkeRz3luCa3AhxvRx5zuhMELTypcnwEYdE0wAqGczeZrIiUl2FAhYj7s2GNqKpomc3TYE-8oIObdtolJ53Kf79UxFjBVIffzWo4KQPhR3RmFPkq/s400/Argentina+Beef+Cuts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Restless and Curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728753582949593779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902426898378806872.post-40894307468294414012011-09-23T01:00:00.000-07:002011-09-23T06:05:25.714-07:00Best Drinks in the World at 41°, Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Courtesy of Albert and Ferran Adria (of the former El Bulli). The bartenders there are called cocteleras, which literally translates into "shaker." And if you happen to find yourself at this little dream of a bar on a Saturday night in Barcelona, make sure you ask </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Miguel, coctelera extrordinario (see 2nd photo below), to shake you a few or more...</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://candicekwanfoodporn.blogspot.com/2011/09/santa-claus-lives-at-41.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWjhpfyrlyFZXUOWKYueawWNSzDB3Mel43RDssCNs8KTr4O7zwe_Z75931Fqg3JcbuaHjnuVYBv-AfnUbz9OsCfczcJsb3cvbXH67EQ7ZqZgwdDS6QrwTTGl6ENgtR4e2Xuq-hNEiznD9/s400/41+take+2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">all involving jamon iberico de bellota, por supuesto!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/3/34538/restaurant/Greenwich-Village/Minetta-Tavern-New-York"><img alt="Minetta Tavern on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/logo/34538/minilogo.gif" style="border:none;width:104px;height:15px" /></a>Restless and Curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728753582949593779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902426898378806872.post-61389795692496117292011-07-20T16:47:00.000-07:002011-07-20T16:49:20.420-07:00Hong Kong BBQ<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Woot woot! There is decent Cantonese comfort food available in Atlanta! For a good salty Canto fix, go to <span class="street-address">5385 New Peachtree Rd, </span><span class="locality">Chamblee</span>, <span class="region">GA</span> <span class="postal-code">30341, look for the Chinese strip mall and the food court inside. You'll know you're in the right place if you see old Chinese men playing chinese chess at the tables. For the South, this place was passably authentic, and probably the best available here in Atlanta. </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table>Restless and Curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728753582949593779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902426898378806872.post-8585429435808654372011-04-10T22:44:00.000-07:002011-04-18T20:35:16.391-07:00Champers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Our obsession with shrimp in Barbados continues unabated. Here is another plate of delicious jumbo shrimp - this time dusted with shredded coconut, deep fried, then served with a thai chili sauce. This little piece of heaven can be found at <a href="http://www.champersbarbados.com/index.htm">Champers Restaurant, near Accra beach.</a></span> <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Barbados is a Caribbean foodie's paradise where you can escape the tourist traps and visit <a href="http://www.barbados.org/oistins-fish-fry.htm">the local fish market on Friday and Saturday nights(Oistin Fish Fry</a>) to sample the freshly grilled fish and seafood at the many food stalls. <a href="http://www.vacation-in-barbados.com/dread-or-dead-surf-shop-barbados.html">Our surf instructor Russell</a> (Dread or Dead Surf Shop) suggested that we hit Uncle George Grill early, before the lines start forming. Sure enough, by 7pm, there was a throng of locals and tourists alike lines up around the stall. The tuna was grilled to perfection with a fantastic side of macaroni pie. We heard the marlin was also fabulous, but ran out of space in our stomachs. Other stalls which were extremely popular include Pat's Place and Roslin's Fish Fry. This night was when I almost wished I were a ruminant like a cow so I could have enough stomachs to eat all the grilled and fried seafood at these stalls. </span></div></td></tr>
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