Longtime (hah) readers (hi, Mom) will note that this “salad” is very, very similar to the spring roll salad I posted in September. And, yes. I love a salad that has noodles and a soy saucey dressing. Yum. Soba Salad with Soy-ginger Dressing Inspired by Smitten Kitchen 1 small serving soba noodles 1 or 2 playing-card […]
Tag Archives: japanese
Daifuku strawberry mochi
When my roommates are out of town and I’m home alone, things seem to go one of two ways: either I get super intense and try labor-intensive cooking experiments & aggressively socialize, or, I watch television for hours on end and eat exclusively instant ramen and leftovers. Neither are great. I shouldn’t be trusted on my […]
Low-key chirashi
On Wednesday evening, I attended a talk by a very fancy-sounding professor who discussed the importance of sleep for mental and physical well-being. Ever since, I’ve been sort of anxious about sleeping and actually sleeping less well… which is new, since I basically never make it through a movie without dozing off a little. But, […]
The people demand more cute.
You guys. Crepes with ice cream. It doesn’t get better than that, does it? Thin pancakes, sweet toppings… Today, I learned that it does. Behold, the cutest confection I’ve ever compulsively crammed into my mouth. This is a “happy face crepe” from Belly Good Cafe & Crepes (sounds vaguely racist, but I swear that’s the official […]
burger candy that wasn’t candy after all
I thought for a while about trying to strike a sophisticated, or at least, witty tone for the christening post of this not-so-new blog, but I couldn’t really come up with any inspiring messages. It’s okay; perhaps adulthood is just realizing who you are, even if that person is someone whose hobbies are like three […]