http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com Food in Seattle Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:10:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ann says Well I'm not actually in Cape Disappointment anymore.  I am at home in this CRAPTASTIC weather we are having in Seattle.  Every year it rains a bunch in Seattle in June, which is fine because we usually get all this fabulous sunniness in May.  We like to do it ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2010/06/ahoy-from-cape-disappointment/ Ann says Oh my goodness Dudes and Ladies!  We had a really good time in New York.  You see, I didn't really like New York AT ALL the first couple of times we visited for various reasons. Mainly it's that you can't seen the sky, from up high it looks brown, ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2010/05/new-york-drunken-le-bernardin-and-snacks/ Hey DUDES I got eaten by a job that I don't really like all that well and boredom!  But somewhere in there I started making fresh pasta.  And guess what!?  I'm going to try to go back to school.  I'll bet you are thinking, "oh no, more whining from McWhiny Whinerton."  ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2010/03/duck-filled-fresh-pasta-with-vodka-sauce/ Abe says It's spring, hooray! Here's a super simple do-ahead dessert I think you should try. It is suitable for al fresco dining when your city decides to act springlike. Two considerations: First, after making supremes you should squeeze the citrus carcasses and reserve the juice for another use, such as drinking it. ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2010/03/citrus-salad-with-star-anise/ Abe says For me there are really two options for making something new: 1. Research it: check several recipes, read up on the history and context to the extent that Wikipedia or similar offers, watch related videos if a new technique is involved, check recipes again, determine a version or variation, and ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2010/02/an-inauthentic-banh-mi/ Ann says In light of how stressful work been for Abe (and how boring doing nothing has been for me) we decided that we ought to take a vacation of some kind before I start working and am unable to get vacation days for at least a year (that's how it ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2009/09/land-of-port/ Ann says Two weeks ago we had the first week in our new place that was somewhat...settled.  No more boxes everywhere, and no more building ikea furniture.  I was home for most of the day as I studied for the last test of school, and the weather had finally gotten cool.  ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2009/08/oh-ho-oxtails/ Abe says Well it's basically like Ann told it. I bought a place, a loft on the Hill, and we've moved in (goodbye, gorgeous roof); a multiweek undertaking whose epic scope was utterly lost on me until a week before closing. My job in the glamorous world of software has also ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2009/08/summer-picture-post/ Ann says What happened to the last two months, I really could not accurately tell you. However I will, at this time, try. Abe would tell me, "don't explain why we haven't posted.  Just post a recipe."  But I feel too guilty; I feel too tired to just jump back in with ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2009/08/what-happened/ Ann says My roommate and her lovely boyfriend have recently decided to go raw for a little while.  Raw vegan, of course, because all raw foodists insist that meat and other animal products are evil-toxic-poison.  Well, Mara and Ricardo don't think that, I'm pretty sure, but Juliano certainly does.  If done ... http://www.tastefullyovercaramelized.com/index.php/2009/06/raw-food-includes-raw-meat-right/