Monthly Archives: August 2009

Piri piri, agua fresca and other fun words I ate today

Piri piri.  Just say it, “piri piri.”  It sounds adorable.  It tastes delicious.  It’s easy to make.  It’s a win for everybody.  Well everybody who likes to eat foods with fun names. I was on my own for dinner again tonight and after a lot of deliberation (seriously, I dwell at length on the existential [...]

I have superpowers. I can freeze bananas…

…in my freezer. Seriously, there’s a whole comic book in the works and everything. Tonight, it was a particularly useful skill–I mean, superpower–because it was 84F today and while I really wanted to fry some strawberry pies or bake a cheesecake, I just didn’t want to heat up the apartment and thereby waste the hard [...]

Dinner for one, mmmque?

Cumin-Crusted Pork Quesadillas Feeds One or Two 4-5oz pork tenderloin filet 1 tbsp cumin seed 1 tsp garlicky steak rub 1/5 stick of cinnamon 1 tbsp olive oil 2 medium (or taco size) flour quesadillas 1 c. refried black beans 2 tbsp hot salsa 2oz shredded Mexican blend cheese 2 tbsp chopped green onion