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Yesterday our senior pup Willis turned 7. Bday treat? Roulade w/layers of pastry, shrimp mousse, and ground bison, larded w/young Manchego. Slices served over (commmercial) demiglacé and frosted with grated Parmesan.

Date night cook-the-book: Mardanbigi/Rico/Goode, _From Tacos to Tadhig_ (part 2) Persian dishes Albaloo polo (cherry rice [with "meat"balls] Kuku sabzi ba mahi (herb frittata with fish) Sholeh zard (rice pudding; supposedly inauthentic, but I couldn't say how)

I was going to cite @prasad.bsky.social but then I realized I saw this because of his repost. :)

I follow @hels.bsky.social for her professional work, but her record of insight on unrelated matters is remarkable.

Date night cook-the-book: Mardanbigi/Rico/Goode, _From Tacos to Tadhig_ “American” sectio (ie the restaurant menu) Beet tartare tostadas Grilled carrot tostadas Red lentil soup with chochoyotes [not shown: mutant shaped mochi churros] Also a little crema and salsa macha.

Sous vide chicken “tagine” Xatò Shrimp salad causa Gateau basque w/blueberry compote

This guy taught the high-end cooking class we did in Lima this summer. Here’s an opportunity to save plane fare and still get the yummy goods.

See also BBQ in Central Texas.

Back to more Roman food for dinner.

Lunch at the neighborhood Sicilian joint.

Lunch today? Sweetbreads, pigeon, cicoria, fig tart, and a wee bit of a view.

Southern red curry with (faux) steak and basil. Chili jam clams. Both from @chezpim.bsky.social and @andreanguyen.skystack.xyz ‘s new _Cooking Thai_. Amazing flavors.

Had friends over to try what we’d learned on our Peruvian vacation. *Tiradito ahumado of snapper *Causa of grilled snapper in mayo *Sweet tamales with lucuma ice cream *Chicha morada (corn and pineapple, unfermented)

I wish Ken Paxton would protect puppies the way he protects pedophiles.

epic

Cooking class in Lima.

Independence Day dinner.

Taco Tuesday.

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

"An uncompromising commitment to academic freedom, unfettered and rigorous intellectual inquiry, and institutional neutrality, even in the face of countervailing pressures." So doubtless they'll be hiring people to teach CRT?

Tonight’s entree: lasagnette with a vaguely Bolognese ragù.

Another cook-the-book adventure, this time Pierre Thiam’s _Simply West African_. Cw from Ll: Maman’s crispy herb-crusted chicken; Joloff rice; Pumpkin seed “egusi” stew with eggplant and collards; Harissa-roasted Brussels sprouts.

Lisa and I cook Indonesia from Lara Lee's _Coconut and Sambal_ (dishes in alt).

‼️Look at this insanely perfect shot my husband just captured with his phone. We're both very sad he didn't have a real camera, but this is still amazing.

It’s out!!! Late on posting this but this new chapter and the volume it’s published in is out now! Shout out to Hilary Lehmann and @chrissieplastow.bsky.social for their great editorial work and to @dominicmachado.bsky.social @foodoriented.bsky.social amongst others who read this whole before!!

Post-semester breakfast. Leftover spiced mango galette.

The Tufte LaTeX class is pretty, but it hasn't been updated for years and doesn't work with well with Quarto/lualatex. But with #QuartoPub you can replicate it on your own in HTML/PDF with just a little bit of customization with CSS and some preamble-y things! github.com/andrewheiss/...

Coming from my neighborhood fine-dining counter-service taco joint with Persian tendencies. This should be epic: www.amazon.com/Nixta-Taquer...

Someone out there decided it would be a good idea to put a German Shepherd in charge of babysitting a bunch of Doberman puppies and they were 100% correct

Another pass through Gaviria and Núñez’s #VitaminaT book. Here Baja-style fish tacos, picadillo-filled gorditas, and huaraches with a crab and corn topping.

In today's episode of expense-account food professional is now bored with something: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/d...

The annual Classics Honor Society cooking class was last night. Aristotle was wrong; you can live (and eat) near the Equator. Roti canai from Singapore (in both fish and potato versions) Pollo pibil from the Yucatan. Yellow coconut rice with multiple toppings from Sri Lanka.

I was going to join in here, but then I realized I was stumped by the threshold question of what "my" cuisine is.

These are quality classes.

I dropped the price of my colour ebook to just €5. This is full of my most popular Nordic bun/cake/dessert recipes from 3 years of writing a bestselling newsletter. These are the recipes my readers have enjoyed the most. I hope you will too! www.wilreidie.com/shop/p/ebook...

RIP Lou Zocchi, master of weird dice & creator of the d100 Zocchihedron; also a key figure in #StarTrek games history, writer of the 1st (unlicensed) ST tabletop wargame that evolved into Star Fleet Battles + publisher of Space Patrol, arguably the roleplaying game that set the tone for ST RPGs. 🖖

Tinga verde tacos. Ayacote bean and queso Chihuahua tostadas. From the new #VitaminaT book.

Truly an excellent series.

As a knock-on effect of this, my mother had essentially no independent credit history when my dad died 8 years ago.

Garden basil is back.

I was in waffle debt to Lisa (having forgotten to make promised ones over the weekend), so I had to get up early to make these.

@greenleejw.bsky.social

Part of dinner last night.

Georgian chicken stew with sour cream. Apple tart. Greek-ish garden salad with jarred tuna. Freshly baked bread. Crostini with sour cherry preserves, feta, and pistachios.