Recipes by Denise Sakaki (Page 8)

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	OMG a Recipe: Easy-Breezy Summer Daze by Denise Sakaki You watch those food/lifestyle television shows with the perfect hostess/cook who's throwing a perfectly elegant multi-course summer dinner with all the trimmings...and you just want to fling some of their perfect, sun-ripened tomato gazpacho all over that perfect summer-white maxi dress they're wearing with unnerving ease. A…	1 vote 386 views
	UnRecipe: Midnight In the Chocolate Chip Cookie Garden of Evil by Denise Sakaki What's this noise about evil chocolate chip cookies? Is there even such a thing?? This post is inspired by CakeSpy's new book, The Secret Lives of Baked Goods, which just came out. Jessie the Spy o' Cake invited people to share their own baked goods…	1 vote 225 views
	OMG a Recipe: Ramen Soup - Free to Be You and Me by Denise Sakaki We're into the early stages of summer, so what do we all want to eat? Spicy Hot Ramen! Probably not likely, but there is something to be said for eating hot food and then experiencing the benefits of evaporative cooling as you become a human swamp cooler, hunched over a giant steaming-hot bowl of noodles. Soup's on -- let's get ready…	1 vote 289 views
	UnRecipe: Mostly Meatless Monday by Denise Sakaki Nobody's perfect, least of all me. I would even say I aspire towards tragic imperfection, given my familiarity with so many Epic Fails. But one thing I've been making attempts towards is cutting back on meat consumption. Meatless Mondays are a great mnemonic reminder, but sometimes my no-meat days end up being midweek or even on a…	1 vote 274 views
	UnRecipe: The Secret of Food Blogging and the Comfort Food Gnome in Your Brain by Denise Sakaki Friends have often asked, what does it take to have a successful food blog? Is there some secret SEO-sorcery? A mystery, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a taco, to unlock like some mysterious DaVinci Code? Perhaps it's just about knowing all the right…	1 vote 252 views
	OMG a Recipe: Who's Joe Mama? by Denise Sakaki A friend told me this story about how he was sitting in on the first day of a college class and the professor jokingly introduced himself by writing his name on the board as "Joe Mama." And then some girl asked in a dead-serious/dead-stupid tone, "Who's Joe Mah-mah?" And with that note of ridiculousness, I dedicate this special…	1 vote 506 views
	UnRecipe: It's Gettin' Real With the KEEN-wah by Denise Sakaki Quinoa. It's one of those words where you look at it for a long time and wonder how the hell its pronunciation ever came to be. If you currently live or have ever lived in Washington State, you'll be familiar with this stare-too-long-and-the-word-is-just-wrong phenomena, given our wealth of pronunciation-conundrums like Puyallup…	1 vote 198 views
	UnRecipe: Eating Easter and the Sacrilicious Mushroom Log by Denise Sakaki I realize Easter Sunday was yesterday, but since this isn't a particularly traditional Easter meal, I'm posting it on a non-traditional day. I wasn't raised in a particular faith, just your typical Godless Heathen Asian Household. But we did dye eggs for Easter, which was something I really enjoyed. Even that acrid, sour smell that…	1 vote 292 views
	UnRecipe: Local Color With Polenta and Sausage by Denise Sakaki Giggle all you want, but it all started with a sausage. A big, hot spicy one, if you must know. And Portuguese -- how exotic! Not that I'm one to cook-and-tell... oh, who am I kidding, I totally am! This one started out with a lone linguisa, which turned into a pleasantly colorful quick-draw meal on a weeknight, thanks to the random…	1 vote 263 views
	UnRecipe: iStew and One-Pot Wonders by Denise Sakaki Baby, it's not just cold outside, it's kinda rainy and gross. The gloomy skies can be a bit of a downer, no thanks to the fact that despite Daylight Savings, it's still reeeeally dark out there. BLERG. The common complaint is that it's dark when you leave for work before 8am and dark by the time you get home after 5, making you wonder…	1 vote 257 views