February 2006

Masterchef challenge day 19: Vegetarian Okonomiyaki

For a more authentic okonomiyaki, try this detailed recipe.

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Day 19! The ingredients are:

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Masterchef challenge day 18: Syllabub with Vin Santo and Almond Tuiles

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It's day 18, and here are the ingredients:

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IMBB 23: Brandade de Morue

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Filed under:  party food imbb fish mayonnaise sauce french provence
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Heidi's hard goat cheese, perhaps

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Masterchef - can you help?

Ack! Because of the schedule changes brought on by the Olympics, I totally missed tonight's episode of MasterChef (for Thursday, Feb. 22nd - the 4th day of the preliminaries).

If anyone watched and/or taped it, and has the ingredient list, can you let me know, either here in the comments, or by email to maki at makikoitoh dot com. I would really appreciate it - thanks!!

[Update:] I have the list now- thanks!

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Masterchef challenge, day 17: Spinach, Cheese and Tofu Frittata

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We are into Week 5 of MasterChef. The ingredients for day 17 are:

Filed under:  cheese eggs vegetarian tofu
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Aged Cheddar Cheese

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Homemade mayonnaise without tears (Basics)

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If there is one food that has defeated me over the years, it's mayonnaise. For the longest time I couldn't figure out how to make a good mayonnaise. I read the instructions in numerous cookbooks. I watched the Good Eats episode about it. I tried using a food processor, a stick blender, whipping by hand.

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Some thoughts on food blogging

The latest brouhaha to hit the world of food blogs is this article in Food and Wine Magazine in which Pete Wells criticizes what he calls "cheese-sandwich meanderings". While it's easy to dismiss the entire article, which is not the best example of journalism to ever exist, I think there are some things to be learned from his off-hand comments about food blogs.

My comments here are, of course, my opinion only, and my focus is on personal food blogs rather than food blog aggregators and the like.

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Masterchef challenge, day 16: Liver with Balsamic Vinegar

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[Edit:] The picture is really sub-par. It's hard to take a good picture of liver. Sorry. :(

It's day 16 of Masterchef. The ingredients:

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