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Yearly Archives: 2009
Lunch at Berkeley Bowl West
Berkeley Bowl West (920 Heinz, Berkeley) is a good place to have lunch, but we like to buy stuff in the market and bring it into the cafe, rather than buy cafe food. The eating space is much nicer here than at … Continue reading
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Red Lentil Curry
I purchased a large bag of red lentils recently and was looking for a good red lentil curry recipe when I came upon this one, posted by Emma Maher, on allrecipes.com: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Red-Lentil-Curry/Detail.aspx From the looks of the allrecipes.com legalese, I may not be allowed … Continue reading
Indian curry paste
One good reason to have a mortar and pestle around the house is to help keep you in various curry pastes. I always have a jar of homemade Indian curry paste on hand, for example, because I find that it works … Continue reading
Taki Sushi has no sushi for lunch
Matt and I wanted to grab a quick lunch near home the other day, so we went to Taki Sushi (10889 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito). They’re located in one of those cursed locations where things have come and gone … Continue reading
Ginger’s white no-bake cookies
When I was in high school in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the cafeteria staff had to make use of the large quantities of peanut butter received from government food programs. They often served a no-bake bar cookie loaded with PB and quick oats … Continue reading
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
