Restaurants remembered: Taco Loco, Laguna Beach, CA 16 April 2008 4:55 pm
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, reviews, vegan, vegetarian, eating, restaurants , add a commentI find myself all sentimental and full of remembrances of the past ten or so years now that it’s all official-ish that we’re moving to the East Coast (and speaking of which, I spent a nerve-wracking few minutes on the phone with NYU graduate admissions yesterday morning, confirming that I was in no danger of meeting any deadlines even though April 15 is a pretty common “reply by” date — phew!) If I had a TARDIS, I would use it to borrow some money from my future self with which to spend a month or so touring the West Coast with Peter in the TARDIS and on our tandem, visiting people and eating at whichever of our favorite places are still around (although I guess with a time machine I could even go back to our closed favorite places when they were still in business… dude, where is my TARDIS? I digress.) One place I’d definitely like to revisit is Taco Loco of Laguna Beach. (more…)
Random brain snacks, from my browser tabs to yours. 15 January 2008 9:40 am
Posted by Tracy in : pictures, reviews, geekery, work, school, anthropology, cheese, cooking , 3 commentsLet’s see if I can prevent yet another Firefox crash! Here’s a little smorgasbord of delicious internet randomness, ranging from book reviews to music videos, all food-related (no, really).
First, here’s a review of Kitchen Literacy by Ann Vilesis, which I returned, unfinished, to the library this week because somebody else had it on hold. I never really got into this book, but I am way into EL’s use of the term “retrovore”, oh yes.
Next, an old Slate piece about chefs in film, complete with little clips of movies I’ve either seen or feel vaguely obligated to see now, if only to take notes on depictions of gender in films about food and cooking. (Um, can you tell I’m supposed to be writing a project proposal for my anthropology class? Eeek.)
Here’s a good rant about what it means to be a professional cook — both good and the bad bits. (more…)
Restaurant remembrance: Mitae Ramen, Costa Mesa, CA 11 September 2007 9:29 pm
Posted by Tracy in : reviews, eating, restaurants , add a commentOver dinner last night Peter told me some sad news: Mitae Ramen has closed. According to his sources, the lady who owned it died a few years ago, and the food and business had suffered ever since. I am glad I missed its decline and fall, and happy to remember Mitae as one of our favorite places to eat in Orange County. The following is a slight reworking of my old Everything2 writeup on the subject. (more…)
Recipe: Green beans with Asian flavors 30 August 2007 5:28 pm
Posted by Tracy in : vegan, reviews, garden, travel, recipes, vegetarian, restaurants, friends, eating, cooking , add a commentThis tasty treat is based on some green beans I got at a little deli in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in Washington State during our bike trip around Puget Sound last August. I’d rummage through my notes on that trip some more in the hopes of rediscovering the name of that deli, except that I’m almost 500 miles away from them, visiting friends in Davis, CA for the weekend. Whee! But anyway, on to the recipe. (more…)
Recipe: Dilly Beans, Tracy-style. 8 August 2007 11:02 pm
Posted by Tracy in : seasonality, reviews, garden, vegan, recipes, eating, vegetarian, cooking , add a commentDilly beans are just green beans marinated in dilly brine, and they taste like the very height of summer. My version is based on the recipe in that old favorite, Moosewood Restaurant Cooks At Home, tweaked to exactly my tastes (more brine! yum brine!) I don’t know beans about home canning (pun intended), but if I ever try it, these will be way up there on my list of things to preserve for off-season home-grown deliciousness (though I soon may attempt freezing green beans, thanks to the July-August issue of Cook’s Illustrated). Anyway…. (more…)
