by Suzi | Aug 31, 2010 | Recipes
I love Asian cuisines. The colors, the aromas, and the flavors are so bright, so intensely different, that I crave finding a new great Chinese, or Thai, or Japanese restaurant. And no matter what kind of restaurant I’m in, I want that rice. Ideally fried, filled with...
by Suzi | Aug 30, 2010 | Recipes
If you grew up in the ‘50s or ‘60s, then you know what the “Green Box” was. Something from Kraft, like macaroni and cheese. The only variation my mother could come up with was to occasionally burn the top so that it was thick, crusty, and black. There are better ways....
by Brian | Aug 28, 2010 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I went to graduate school studying applied mathematics, in particular optimization theory. At the time, some of the biggest users of the optimization techniques were the airlines. They were struggling with how to do scheduling, sizing of aircraft, and optimizing their...
by Suzi | Aug 28, 2010 | Personal
Just a few inches over to your right, in that third column, there is a gold medals that says “Top Recipes Blog 2010 Award Winner.” We are proud to be one of those fifty. Click on the medal, it’s a link, and you can get information about the award...
by Suzi | Aug 27, 2010 | Cooking Classes, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Really Simple, Recipes
A good cocktail can become great when the rim of the glass adds extra flavor or texture. Thank about that margarita glass rimmed with salt [or sugar!]. A Cosmo would not be a Cosmo without a rim of bright sugar. Here’s an idea Brian and I found quite...