Accidental Hedonist

There’s this Indian restaurant which I enjoy a great deal. It’s fairly priced, the food comes out hot, and they serve a good nan. The quality of the food itself is also quite good, and I found myself droolingn over their version of Chicken Tandoori. In short, it’s a place I woulnd’t be embarassed to [...]

A simple rice pudding for those who want to taste the milk. After eating this, there’s no way I’m eating store bought rice pudding. There’s a huge taste difference, as with this recipe, the milk taste stands out quite nicely. 6 cups milk 2 cups water 3/4 cup long grain white rice 3/4 cup sugar [...]

An extremely cute coworker recently made lunch for and surprised me. She served something I’d not heard of, much less tasted before… small rice croquettes with mozzarella filling. They were called arancini. She served them with curried pineapple, a nice touch as the arancini was good, but a bit bland. Apparently, arancini were developed as [...]

Can you say moron? I knew that you could. A man sues Atkins promoters, claiming the diet almost killed him. Now I’m no fan of the Atkins diet, as I come from the school of “Eat less, exercise more…anyone telling you any differently is trying to sell you something”. But at the same time, I’m [...]

I’m a sucker for unique foods and new products on the market. I waited in anticipation as Vanilla Coke made it to market, and then hoped that Pepsi would follow suit. New and unique flavors of Doritos? Yeah, I’ve sampled them. It’s my guilty pleasure…well, one of. So imagine my surprise when reading about Steve [...]

For the latest installment of “Is my Blog Burning“, I decided to cook a southern United States version of beans and rice, called “Hoppin’ John”. Hoppin’ John comes from the American South via the Caribbean islands. Some etymologists believe that “hoppin’ John” is a corruption of “pois à pigeon” (especially if the “à” is elided [...]

I’m pretty sure this is a second rate soup, and is missing quite a bit of body to it. This is the base recipe that I found, but I know that if one were to add 2 cups of beef stock this would come out much better. Larousse Gastronomique had a version of beer soup [...]

As Sunday is the day for “Is My Blog Burning“, and it’s ingredient du jour is rice, I figured it was as good as time as any to discuss this particular grain that has found its way into our lives. Rice has probably fed more people than any other grain in the history of mankind. [...]

“What are you doing?” she asked me. “I’m having one of yoru fries”, I responded, pulling my hand away from her plate. Why was she getting upset? It wasn’t like I picked up her burger and took a bite. I know the rules: Chips, fries and onion rings are fair game, communal foods if you [...]

Many thanks to Tara for providing the three most recent recipes. Now if we can get her to make sure she’s logged in when submitting the stories…. *tongue out*

How do you draw attention to your hotel restaurant? Well, if you’re Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 57th St in Manhattan, you sell an omelette for $1000. As the AP article says: “The omelet, which debuted May 5 and is billed as the “Zillion Dollar Frittata,” has six eggs, a lobster and – here’s [...]

This recipe is not horrible, and if you are desiring something less in calories than ice cream, it makes a non-objectionable alternative. But really, if you have an ice-cream maker, why make frozen yogurt?? There’s no comparison. Ice cream is much better than this stuff. 2 cups plain nonfat yogurt 1 cup vanilla soy milk [...]