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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Best Foods mayo substitute
Since Safeway stopped producing its Safeway Select* brand of real mayonnaise – which was almost a dead ringer for Best Foods/Hellmann’s – I have been looking for another alternate brand that is equally as good. I finally found one: Raley’s Real … Continue reading
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Good pupusas at Costco
When I was in Costco last week I noticed a new product in the prepared food section: Casa Sanchez pupusas. A pupusa is a thick, closed tortilla made of masa that’s stuffed with various things, like beans, meat and/or cheese. … Continue reading
Costco’s pasta salad with salmon
Costco started selling a bow-tie pasta and salmon salad recently, and I gave it a try a couple of weeks ago. I applaud them for finding a way to utilize what I assume to be unsold farmed salmon, but the … Continue reading
Costco Asian chicken wraps
I try to maintain an awareness of new products at Costco, particularly their “take home and eat” items, partly because I like to see how creative they can be with their own leftovers. In this case we have two huge … Continue reading
Home of Chicken and Waffles in Oakland
Matt and I thought we should have something decadent in honor of school starting this week. Having gone through all the acting classes offered at Berkeley City College, he registered for one at Laney College, which put us near downtown Oakland as … Continue reading
Chana masala without those super-pricy spice packets
There is no reason you need to rely on those spice and spice paste packets enrobed in colorful little cardboard sleeves that have flooded the market in recent years when making Indian dishes. These packets, produced by American companies mainly for American cooks, are often good … Continue reading
Eisbein
Being no stranger to all edible parts of an animal and coming from German farm stock via my maternal grandmother, I like to make Eisbein (pork hocks) once every couple of years. There are many recipes for this traditional German dish … Continue reading
Citrus in containers
Today I busied myself with citrus upkeep. I have three orange trees – one semi-dwarf and one standard planted in my side yard, and one dwarf in a container; two dwarf lime trees in containers; two dwarf lemon trees, one … Continue reading
An easy way to serve buttered corn on the cob
This may fall under the category of obvious, but I have eaten so many ears of corn at cook-outs the past few years where the butter was served on the side in pats, that I thought I’d give out a … Continue reading
Pizza at Arinell in Berkeley
Matthew and I had a couple slices of pizza at the only decent New York City-style place in the area, as far as I’m concerned, Arinell (2109 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley). They make thin crust Neapolitan pizza topped with simple, high-quality … Continue reading
