Archive for ‘Cooking’


Fresh and Chunky Guacamole

I made some guacamole yesterday and brought a tub of it into work. Everyone seemed to like it and several people asked about the recipe. Guacamole is kind of a thrown together food and so I didn’t have a recipe, but I decided to write one up for anyone who wanted it. You can read my rambling explanation or just chop everything into bits and mix it in a bowl. (more…)

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Thanksgiving Sushi

In an attempt to avoid the cynical, angry rants and focus more on things that won’t give me a stroke, I’ve tried to do more writing, drawing and cooking. From my lack of posts, you can see how well this is going.

I decided to try another cooking/photography project last night. I had bought a sushi mat and made some sushi the night before (spicy shrimp and a vegetarian roll) and had an idea that I wanted to try. The results, in glorious, over-contrast photos are on the flickr link below. Needless to say, almost everyone who tried it enjoyed it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maniacalv/sets/72157610053998989/

Check out the Moroccan Tagine of Pumpkin and Lentils while you’re there.