One of the things that I love about Davis is that it’s blessed with a great bakery that makes excellent bread. Thanks to that I almost always have some fresh bread at home to enjoy with butter, cheese, or pate. The latter is the subject of this post.
Pate is a paste made of meat, liver, [...]
I don’t know what’s going on with me lately. Mariana and Nachito are in Brazil visiting Mariana’s family, so that leaves me with plenty of free time. I finally got an epidural injection, so physically I’m feeling great. In the past I would have taken this time to code like crazy and get lots of [...]
When I was a kid I lived in the city, but once a week we got a large milk delivery from the farm. The milk was raw and fresh. I remember we had to boil it ourselves and remove the excess of fat. One of the greatest treats of my childhood was eating the freshly [...]
I’ve been thinking about writing about cooking in this blog for a while. Not just to share what I’ve learned, because, well, I don’t have much to share, but to get other people’s ideas and suggestions. While I may cook better than the average American and may be able to impress my wife and friends, [...]
I love pasta. In particular spaghetti alla Carbonara. I love it so much that I generally cook more than I can eat. I save the remaining sauce for the next time, but on the next day it’s never the same.
That’s because Carbonara is an emulsion of cheese, milk solids, water and fat that when temporarily [...]
I just found out that the Trader Joe’s “European Style” yogurt, is actually from the Straus Family Creamery and you can find it at other local grocery stores such as Nugget Market.
While this yogurt would be pretty standard in Europe, here in the US it clearly surpasses anything else on the market. It’s great not [...]