Entries Tagged as 'children'

April 30, 2008

White but groovy: Taking the tofu challenge

Roll cubes of extra-firm tofu in corn starch, fry them in a little vegetable oil, and you can swap out the chicken breast in many Chinese stir-fry recipes.
Tofu is much ridiculed in certain kitchens, but it remains worth learning about. In hardly any time, a hunk of no-cholesterol vegetable protein can be soaking up any [...]

February 8, 2008

Land of plenty: Grand Buffet, Amherst

One of three ranks of steam tables now occupying what used to be the Funny Bone. Insert punchline here.
Staggering out of a Chinese buffet, hoping you can get home before the insulin shock renders you too logy to drive, you tend to get philosophical, like a man on Death Row.
“You get what you pay for.” [...]

October 4, 2007

What I cooked this summer: Campfire breakfast

At first, in the wild, they clung together for safety, unsure what lay ahead.
Of all the meals I prepared this summer, none topped the breakfast one morning at our campsite in Evangola State Park. At least, if you ask my kids.
It was our first time camping, just me and the urchins. Mom stayed [...]

June 2, 2007

Cutting off fingers

Jake and the yakitori. He picked this photo “because of the eyes.”
The first time my kids ordered chicken fingers at a restaurant, I was relieved. I wouldn’t have to badger my smaller two to eat dinner, while my wife and I enjoyed the restaurant’s real food.
By the 10th time my kids ordered chicken fingers, I [...]