tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33271098565169913862012-02-16T11:02:31.282-08:00Most people want there room with a view, then why not their food?Javakathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13248394953198226712noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327109856516991386.post-59737807908183842042008-06-22T16:02:00.000-07:002008-06-22T17:40:08.133-07:00

I know that you wouldn’t know, but I made tons of bento boxes throughout the school year. You wouldn’t know because I hardly showed you any….so I figured this would be like “spring cleaning” of my bento inventory……but then I realized I have no bento inventory. So I decided to just show you all the fun projects I’ve done over the school year (the ones that I remembered to take pictures of). This

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Sorry for taking so long! Once again I apologise when I'm not actually going to write anything more then a list of what to look forward to;PotstickersGreenteaMulti part Korean food series! Whoot!

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Vietnamese summer or salad rolls are a true culinary wonder, fresh vegetables and meats and/or seafood wrapped up in a delicious rice/tapioca blanket…mmmm. Most people know what spring rolls are…at least those who have had deep fried Chinese food, as for summer rolls; they are less common and much, much more mysterious….“Spring rolls are pastries mostly with julienne vegetables (such as

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WOW! I'm actually posting! Something! Just kidding this post will be of substantional value. Okay not this one...this is for your/my reference of up coming posts...but the second I'm done with this I will post a real...post.By the way, my apologies for an almost 2 month hiatus...at least I'm on top of my other blog! I figured it was time to get started on this one.Up and Coming:Bento and my new

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Get ready for... a Culinary Adventure! This will be my first of what should already be my fifth post on Indian cuisine. I have been an Indian food maniac forever and just now got to cooking some real Indian food. But since its been so long now lets take a trip back in time….I took a car ride down to the good ol’ bookstore at the mall at least a month ago and got to flipping through plenty of

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I am ALL over the catering business right now. Tomorrow I will be "shadowing" a Seattle catering company called…for school. Its called shadow day, but in essence it’s virtually career day. I am SO glad I got this opportunity to do this God has pulled through again! I was about to be stuck with shadowing my mother (accountant for Bank of America) when my dad pulled the stops and got this

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I’m back on the Ice cream train, just getting over the mountain that is the mastery of the art. Its hard work to make good ice cream. It’s no stir fry. I recently tried a list of things including pudding, jell-o, and yogurt. All can bring great results if done well.Most of the time gelatin and pudding play second string…and I don’t mind one bit. Gelatin is much better suited to play a texture

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maries ops 638 Originally uploaded by javakat343 Finally went to Daiso for another trip. This time I had a few kitchen aids in mind. First off I wanted a tamagoyaki pan, (checked off my list at the regular dollar fifty price) next I needed a cooking grill for making yaki onigiri (also $1.50) and finally the tamagoyaki pan…No go. They sell out like, like, like…oh I don’t know, the sell out

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maries ops 473Originally uploaded by javakat343 So I try (but fail) to keep my goal of keeping my blogs equal in posts, but recently I have been falling behind. Right know the toll is 33 to 22 so as you can see it has been easier for me to keep track of food rather than anime. Can you blame me? NO! I have very little time to watch anime and while food is necessity anime really just…*gulp*…isn’t.

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maries ops 400 Originally uploaded by javakat343 Religious nuts...Nuts! Get it?! Well I promise you I'm not nuts and I'm a free Methodist! Anyway today is "the beginning of the Lenten season" and I participated in the traditional Ash Wednesday service. I sang in choir (though do to my lack of car missed practice and lost my solo *cry*)and got a big grey cross painted on my forehead. This

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Completed!!Remember back when, when I told you I broke my rice cooker trying to make bread? Well my broken rice cooker has been replaced by a much nicer one…so maybe if I can learn from my mistakes, I can try the bread again…And I did! Now the purpose of being able to make bread in a rice cooker would usually only apply to those without an oven or bread maker, but I have both. Aside from that I

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I'm addicted to the 50's, there is not other way to put it. I love hairspray, (mostly the movie), white shoes, bright dresses (picture above), casseroles, and everything about it (except segregation and drive in movies).So today I was reading (blogs of course) and was once agagin reminded of my limited knowledge. I was hungry for power (as they say knowledge is power) and so I headed to the

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I finally got a chance to do some cooking aside from my busy schedule. I'm very pleased that I got the chance. Both of these recipes are quick, easy, and filling! Pasta with Walnut Sauce Original recipe by Nigella LawsonI used Nigellas recipe but used 8 oz walnuts (and forgot you only add 5 of the 6 oz in the origional recipe anyway) and so ended up having to change the recipe accordingly...no

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I haven't had a real meal in weeks. Tis the life of a junior. My creative juices are overflowing and I don't have time to mop up the mess. It hurts to not cook, it really does, do you know how much the lavender stand in the mall, and the indian market down the street have been calling me? Why am I even writing this? Got to go write a 3 papge paper on salt...and ice.

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So I tried my hand at "curd cake" again and this time was satisfied with the results. I found my excuse to try again when my friend’s birthday arrived and I felt obligated to make her some form of cake. I love the chocolate orange combination and this cake is so light and airy from the whipped egg whites. It’s wonderful!Chocolate Orange Curd Cake (Based of Alton browns orange curd recipe and from

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I have been completely overwhelmed by my abundance and busy schedule. I should be GRATEFUL that while so busy, do to upcoming semester exams for junior year, I don't have to worry about food. But no, I get MAD at my parents because I am trying to get some cooking in and they are bringing home Thai and Mexican takeout. What can I say "I don't want the sukiyaki beef to go bad!" too late...I have

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In an attempt to use up left over egg yolks I made a custard, or a curd to be exact, and then an orange curd to be even more exact. But this stuff is like jam on steroids (it is used in jam like situations) and I coulden't decide what to use it for...I closed my eyes and though really hard and settled on cake.One of the worst things in this world is an over cooked cake. Who wants to overindulge

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Today has been a blast! I got many goodies for Christmas, I am so blessed to have such amazing parents and other fabulously new material items. I got...hmmm..a new camera...it kicks $&% in so many ways and it kicks my old camera out of the stratosphere. It has ten times better focus, picture quality, battery life, video, and other features. I also got shoes, clothes, money, gift cards, and two

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This is a picture of my Christmas tree...Cool huh?Do I have to say it? "Its about Christ and the spirit of giving!" There you go. Now on to the food. This years Christmas was (I shouldn't say was, as its still Christmas Eve...pathetic woman blogging on Christmas Eve) sort of like a wannabe Thanksgiving. We did Turkey instead of Ham and had all the works; stuffing, nasty cranberry jelly, mashed

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Christmas kills. It kills my thighs, it kill my arms, and worst of all it kills my middle. I have had...at least 3 cookies today, plus cake, and 2 dinners. I am not happy. There is too much food that circulates during the holidays. The seasons are a great metaphor for how in the spring we are fresh and free and diet minded and slim and how we very much like to keep that for the summer. Then its

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Life sunk my battle ship in 2 ways exactly (I may change my mind). First my class lost Penny Wars (It was RIGGED!) and my ice cream failed...its not easy making ice cream. Lets start from the beginning. Meet my ice cream maker.Say hello to the people!...well...anyway its got a bowl with "liquid whatever" in it that hardens in the freezer so there is no need for salt to keep the ice cream cold.

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Boy was I decieved by the big Asian food store downtown! I was convinced I coulden't get a cute bento box for AT LEAST less than 10 bucks. I have been proven wrong multiple times now. Twice at the HT market and once at Daiso (the Japanese dollar store).My first real bento (I'm prone to having faux japanese experiences) was from the HT Mart, a pink three tierd beauty that has been mentioned before

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So my school is doing a fund raiser called penny wars where each class puts in penny's and the winner is the one who has the most...or the least negative, for you see that if one class is too far ahead you can put in silver coins that subtract how ever many penny's the coin is worth...now I thought my classmates wouldn't care and wouldn't waste their money on this but wow, was the game successful

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I'm signifigantly frusterated with Blogspot because I can't put up videos or slideshows, I probably can't put up music either. I guess this blog shall forever rely on text and a plethora of pictures. And so the story goes...When I learned they had closed down Larry's Market on Aurora I was dismayed. Then my dismay was quickly overcome with pure bliss when I learned that the store was to be

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Thanksgiving…If my family was a little more “togetherly” (for lack of a better word…that’s what they have that new My Word Coach DS game for [read more about this in my other blog]) then Thanksgiving might mean more than food. But my families’ problems are not your problems; they’re mine, so I’m not going to blab about that. Besides you’re here to read about food, not the common American families

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Bagels are Jewish, yep, and they have got me thoroughly interested in Kosher food (but thats another blog). I resently tryed my hand at bagel making. Whats that you say? "A Seattle bagel??? Blasphemy!" Well your right, it wasn't great, or good, but it was okay for a first go. There are always things to improve on! Anyway it was a fairly invogorating project...I always make it my duty to do

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Okay so there's no Feta Cheese Man but there is a Couscous Girl and she is loving her couscous. I recently tried couscous again for the sake of a mediteranian style recipe. While I managed to slaughter the recipe with chicken granules and precooked flashfrozen fish as well as some wonderfully bitter green olives the couscous was great. I had a previous adversion to the stuff but now its just like

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Do I even need to tell you I haven't posted in forever (its obvious by looking at the dates)? So Junior year is really hectic but vollyball season is offically over today (26th of october, it countinues for varsity) so I hopefully can relax (only a teeny bit) about school work. The thing is I should be doing my homework insted of blogging. I have a ton to do over the weekend. I don't like lugging

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So I haven't posted in a while, (you are going to get used to hearing this just like I got used to seeing it writen in my journal) but I have exciting news (like anyone would care since I doubt anyone actually reads my blog)! I went thriftstore shopping with my friend and I found a cute Breadmaker which I purchased for....da da da dum...$5! Yay! So, it is a really nice one too! It can make not

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So I broke my rice cooker trying to make bread in it because I refused to use to use my brain after 5 pm (like many Americans who can't even give a decent Baskin Robbins order [cup or cone?]) and held down the switch till I burned out the fuse because by holding down the switch the temperature of the cooker kept increasing until well.....nothing....no firey explosion or *zap* *Snap* *Crackle* *

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So I made some more pickles....I'm starting to get sick of them...I'm not a huge pickles fan so...I still havent made watermellon rind pickles which look very complicated and time consuming by what I've seen. I have on the other hand made daikon and curry cauliflour pickles. I'm going to use the daikon pickles to make kim pap (kim bap, kim pop, whatever), which is like Korean sushi...too bad I

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SO! I have told you I work at Basken-Robbins in other posts but I never gave you the full details. So I started two weeks ago and the hardest parts were the cash register and getting a pretty scoop. Its embarrassing when the register screams at you and your scoop looks like a colorful turd. I'm getting good at it though. Daiquiri Ice is the hardest to scoop, literally...because its all ice... I

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"b rakfast" or breakfast to you. The eventful start of the morning filled with savory pastries if you live in France, eggs, bacon, sausage, and biscuits if it's Sunday and you live in most parts of America. Or you could be our family, like many Americans who eat instant oatmeal or crusty cereal for breakfast, my family does the same, except on sundays when we "forget" (grr) to go to church and

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So I rarely go to Costco and I really don't like american style sandwitches (weirdo!) but those Italians really know how to make a good sandwitch! Anyway...I went to Costo and I got olive tapenade, motzerella, pesto, three different types of salami, and ciabatta rolls and I made all these yummy italian style sandwitches.The problem with costco is that everything is in bulk so now I have to find a

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Well everysince I was young I didn't like the taste of the cucumber pickles my parents bought. I've started to get more accostomed to the taste. I still am not a big fan of cucumber pickles (because they are common and boring) or hot peppers (I have a low-medium heat tolerance) but I have been reading a lot about pickling so I desided to try it out!If I haven't told you yet I am a kind of person

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So I know I earlier said that people who live in Seattle don't get to experience it like tourists do...well.... I don't know.... I thought it over and maybe the reason it seems that way is because we're like "We live here, we have all the time we want to go to Salumi or the pike place market or eat a Gooeduck!" and I have to admit I have done all of that except eat a gooeduck..I have only been to

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To start out my first post I must say that I live in Seattle, WA.*cringes* Yes I know what your thinking; "Oh great, a seattlite, she already lives in one of the centers of the food world, what perspective can she bring me?"The sad fact is that most seattlites experience way less of the food world that Seattle provides then tourists. ...and it REALLY bugs me.I hopefully will be able to give you

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