All Things Chill

If you follow my twitter / facebook feeds, it’s no secret that I signed up for Netflix. WOO HOO. It’s a service that I’ve always wanted to subscribe to, but could never justify the price. The main reason why I chose to sign up for it was because of all unabashed LOVE [...]

Last Saturday, Liana and I hosted a small Thanksgiving party for her co-workers + significant others. Deb and Matt brought a ton of booze, appropriately enough, for pomegranate martinis - you can see Matt’s arm in the picture. Emi brought a delicious stuffing that had a great crust on the bottom of the [...]

I gave this a tweet / Facebook status update a few days ago, but a photo of one of my dishes was used on the Apartment Therapy “The Kitchn” food blog. Sure, it was a roundup post (reviewing the articles from the previous week), but what tickled me most of all was the title: [...]

Fabrication List for Tonite’s Festivities

Left to right: Me, Jason and Jeff. AVATARS. WHEEEEEE. If you’d like to find an image of your new “NEW XBOX360 EXPERIENCE” avatar, just fill in your gamertag into the following URL:
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/ YOURGAMERTAGHERE /avatar-body.png
Apparently, this was featured on XBOX360FANBOY a month ago. Where the heck was I when this news came [...]

Kodak Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera. This. This will be the gateway drug into amateurish cooking videos. You. You I want.
CHRISTMAS PRESENT PLZ BABY KTHX
XOXOXOXO,
~Herschell

Steak. The object of so many carnal desires. Canine teeth, designed to rip and tear, break down tender meat fibers, many times surrounded by a sauce that adds depth and freshness. It is quite possibly my staff of life. LOL OK MAYBE I WON’T GO THAT FAR BUT THEY’RE REALLY GOOD. [...]

My iPhone home screen. Big “front page” additions: Pageonce, 1337pwn and the Google app which TOTALLY MIGHT HAZ SEKRIT APPLE API. The first two of which are available on Blackberry-s too! YAY BLACKBERRY PEOPLE. lol.
Any favorites of yours that I’m missing?
~Spec

Semi-quick lunch. Albacore tuna salad sammich and crispy bits! For the sammich, I used 1 can of Albacore tuna, capers, salt, pepper, mayo, carrots, celery and onion. I spooned the salad on a quickly toasted Bolo roll from Grand Central Bakery and added a few pickle slices and frisee - a curly [...]

Preheat oven @ 400. Sear 3 pounds of short ribs (think Korean beef with bones, but thicker) in a preheated Dutch oven until golden brown and set aside. Add 2 parts onion and 1 part each of carrots and celery (about 2 cups total) to the pot and let cook until vegetables are [...]

Anti-prop. 8 Rally - Seattle, WA

I cheated. This morning, while I was at the corner market (getting totally psyched to use Michael Mina’s ricotta waffle recipe) my iPhone died. This made looking up said recipe on it very difficult. Fail Herschell, fail. Also, please excuse all the iPhone non-realcamera pictures, it’s become WAY too convenient to [...]

One of the most crucial parts of cooking stock is cooling it down for storage. I’ve written on how to store it, but how do you get a piping hot pot of delicious liquid gold into your freezer safely?
I’ll give it to you straight. Food that sits for a long amount of time [...]