We are on a winter soup kick and we’ve made this soup twice during the week which means we like it and it’s easy. The pickles give it a salty flavor and a nice crunch. I made the ingredient sizes large enough to have leftovers for work the next day.
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Oranges and tangerines are symbols for plentiful happiness. Tangerines with leaves intact assure that one’s relationship with the other remains secure. The Chinese New Year Flower Market in SF will be selling supplies for the new year starting next Sat. Feb. 6th.
This is a beautiful orange that a friend from Singapore gave me. I wrote her and thanked her for the beautiful, good luck orange. She said we were so Chinese!
The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade & Festivities begin next weekend in Chinatown, Feb. 6th- Feb.27th.
An acquaintance brought me this herb bouquet. I loved it because it is actually functional. Our herbs are prospering at the moment cluing me into the fact that the reason they weren’t doing well last summer was because they needed more H2o!
Zach says their Apricotology (aka Apricot Fritter) is the best doughnut he has had in his life. This is a bold statement coming from Zach. So it must be at least pretty good because he is picky!
So which came first, Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Oregon with their punk rock concoctions OR Psycho Donut in Campbell, CA? We have tried Voodoo Doughnuts maple bacon doughnut and it was good but Portland is a pretty far drive from SF. So when we came across Psycho Donut in San Jose/Campbell we were pleasantly surprised with their creative and funky doughnut creations. They also have some pretty interesting illustrations and street art decorating their walls.
What we love: Apricotology and the Butter Finger Doughnut (chocolate cake doughnut)
http://www.psycho-donuts.com/
Long time San Joser’s told us to include Burrito Factory in the San Jose Burrito challenge. They instructed me to try the chicken burrito. I have to say, I didn’t try this one yet. By the time we got to Burrito Factory last October (open until 10pm), it was closed. So this weekend we finally got the chance to try it. Everyone was griping thinking for some reason it would be a chain like Chipotle. It is not a Mexican chain like Chipotle, even though it is in a strip mall. However, they do have four locations in the San Jose area.
The food was good and we liked their salsa which had some good heat (you purchase the chips and salsa). I got the crispy tacos with steak and el pastor and they each got a Chorizo breakfast burrito. John said it is now the second best breakfast burrito in San Jose. His first favorite breakfast burrito in San Jose is from Henry’s Fresh Mexican Grill in Santa Clara because they put tater tots in their breaky burrito! The staff was really nice at the B.F. we tried on Camden.
We know the food is made with vegetable oil because a friend with allergies called and talked to them about it.
Zach: Good. Good service. Salsa was good.
Lesley: It was pretty good. We need to go back and try more things on the menu to really see what we love there. But my tacos were tasty, particularly the shell. I like more stuff on my tacos so I would probably get a burrito next time, a super burrito!
I am lazy enough to not cancel a magazine subscription that I didn’t even order. This month I was glad that I didn’t cancel it because I found this recipe in a Glamour Magazine of all places. The recipe is from New York City’s Butter Lane Bakery.
On Serious Eats they describe the difference between two different icing types that they use @ Butter Lane Bakery. They make an American icing version and a French version. This recipe is the Americano! What do you think?
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe!
I have craved this meal ever since living with Israelis. I searched the internet for the potato dumpling recipe but couldn’t seem to find it because I couldn’t remember the exact name of the dish. Then I finally found a Polish Potato Dumplings recipe and a Czech version, pretty soon this one popped up and it was right on!
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