Why a Rice Cooker Is Smarter than Me January 4, 2011 2 Comments
One time last quarter I turned the rice cooker off at 15 or 20 minutes, because I was following some instructions in a recipe packet. When I opened the lid, guess what? Rice soup. I turned the cooker back on, panicked that I had “re-set” the rice cooker and was afraid that it wouldn’t stop [...]
The most fun assignment, ever, has me immersing my nose in the scent of basil tonight. We’re assigned about 40 herbs and spices to observe, smell, and taste. Then we describe, in table format, each of these attributes for each herb and spice. Having heard about this assignment before starting the culinary program, I knew I’d be looking forward to it. [...]
Unbelievable! I wrote this post on the evening of November 24. I was looking for this recipe on my site and couldn’t find it…sure enough, there it was in “drafts” rather than “published.” Was it that late at night when I wrote this? Anyway, here is the post: