Sometimes you read a recipe, and you think you know what this finished product will taste like. This one totally blew me away. I used the Hot and Sour braised tempeh variation from Mark Bittman’s genius How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I substituted green beans for cabbage and brown rice for the bean threads, and [...]
Archive for January 5th, 2009
5 Jan
Local 44
Señor Lanky and I have been waiting for Local 44 with baited breath for months, every since Brendan “Spanky” Hartranft confirmed the rumor of its West Philly opening one Sunday brunch as we gobbled fried pickles at Memphis Taproom. I immediately signed up for the mailing list, I’ve checked the website obsessively, I’ve bike past [...]
5 Jan
Midwestern Holiday: La Brochette
After a hectic New Years, Senor Lanky and I met friends at La Brochette, a Moroccan and Mediterranean BYOB restaurant in Chicago that came highly recommended. Though they didn’t actually have an vegetarian main dishes on the menu, or server was very accommodating and suggested that I try the 7 Vegetables with Lamb, minus the [...]
5 Jan
Midwestern Holiday: Ricky’s Taqueria
All I had to do was ask for a good taco joint in Elkhart, IN and everyone who overheard me said “Ricky’s.” Luckily, Ricky’s is just down the street from a project my dad was showing us, so afterward he, I and Senor Lanky hit up Ricky’s. We almost missed it (the restaurant building is [...]
