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Recipe: Mushroom Miso Soup 15 April 2008 11:10 am

Posted by Tracy in : cooking,recipes,soup,vegan,vegetarian , 4 comments

True story: this recipe helped me get a job. I’ll explain in a bit. First, I should say that I originally published this recipe on Everything2 back in the day, so it’s an oldie but a goodie. Second, I’m posting it here in newly updated form in honor of the April No Croutons Required challenge (originally described here) from Lisa’s Kitchen and Tinned Tomatoes, which I learned about here at Is My Blog Burning? Finally, the story about that job. It was during my year in Laguna Beach, when I was finishing the very last requirements on my undergraduate degree, and applied for a job tutoring high school kids on the SAT. After turning a practice test inside out, I was invited for a group interview, for which all the candidates were asked to prepare a short instructional lecture of some kind. Mine was this recipe. (You think maybe I was in the wrong line of work and didn’t know it yet? Um…) Anyway, without further ado, here’s: (more…)

Monkey Monday: back to randomness. 14 April 2008 9:40 pm

Posted by Tracy in : books,friends,meat,meta,monkeys,Morning Glory,news,not even vegetarian,restaurants,travel , 2 comments

News from my browser tabs, off the top of my head, and beyond:

Did you hear that the only female head waiter at Per Se wrote a book about the experience? From that article, it sounds like it could be fun if you’re into that whole behind-the-scenes-at-restaurants thing. Especially if you’re curious about super-extreme high end fine dining.

But maybe you’re more in the mood for (more…)

More good news! 11 April 2008 6:21 pm

Posted by Tracy in : Morning Glory,pictures,restaurants,work , 4 comments

Okay, it’s not quite as exciting as Wednesday’s revelation (and believe me, it was hard to make this post and move that excitement down the page), but there’s some pretty tasty stuff going on at Morning Glory this week:

Morning Glory Specials, April 11-?

I just hope there’s some mushrooms left by the time I get back into work on Tuesday. Also, I love the description on the sloppy joes. You’re either into them, or you aren’t, okay? Okay, Josh. I’m in, if they last.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! 9 April 2008 8:17 pm

Posted by Tracy in : geekery,good news,school , 25 comments

This just in:

Hello Tracy- I really do apologize for not getting back
to you  sooner.  Amy Bentley forwarded me your email
while I was out of town, and it must have gotten buried
in my inbox.

We reviewed your application today and believe that you
would be a perfect fit with the master's food studies
program.  Please let me know if you are still interested,
and I if so, I will ask graduate admissions to send you an
acceptance letter.

I do hope that I will have an opportunity to work with you
in the fall.

All the best,
Jennifer

Jennifer Schiff Berg, PhD
Director: Graduate Program in Food Studies Department
   of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
   Development
New York University

I am so excited! SO EXCITED!

Ok, time to write some very happy emails.

Update, 9:10 PM: Emails postponed for tea and happy monkey dances.

Recipe: Banana bread 8 April 2008 9:03 am

Posted by Tracy in : baking,books,breakfast,cheese,cooking,dessert,friends,recipes,vegetarian , 3 comments

I was going to save this recipe for later in the week, but Liz asked nicely, so there ya go. My banana bread recipe is adapted from the one in the original Moosewood Cookbook, which is actually a variation on their carrot cake recipe. Seriously — “Banana Bread” appears on the opposite page from “Carrot Cake” as a slightly-too-long list of substitutions which makes for really tricky recipe reading, especially considering the original recipe makes two loaves and we only have one loaf pan (a situation I hope to someday fix, but today is not that day, and anyway I much prefer having a base recipe that’s easy to double, instead of having to divide everything by two all the time). So. Without further ado, here’s Tracy and Peter’s take on banana bread, as copied into my beloved spiral-bound recipe notebook for convenience, because generally the way this gets made is me reading the recipe to Peter, who makes all the magic happen. (more…)