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Unconnected dots, thoughts, musings and works in progress…

Roast Chicken Salad with Haricots Verts and Mustard Vinaigrette

B is headed to Las Vegas this week to keep […]

Pasta all’ Genovese

I lived in Astoria, Queens, between 1990 and 1997. It was a three-bedroom apartment in a little brick-faced building across the street from a parochial school and church. I had […]

food

Hummus

In a way, my search for edible hummus is a story about this blog. When I first began blogging, I didn’t know what I wanted to talk about. At first, […]

cooking

In Memoriam — Marcella Hazan (1924-2013)

As you might have heard recently, Marcella Hazan died yesterday […]

cooking

At the Dinner Table

Family dinners were always central to my childhood, both in Manila where I was born and later in the U.S., where we moved to after Dad’s death in 1973. I […]

cooking

Three Small Plates

It’s no secret that I love to cook. I often think what might have been if I had gone to culinary school straight out of high school, instead of joining […]

Chinese food

Chicken Congee

There’s something transformative about a bowl of congee. To most people, it’s just rice porridge. Set a bowl in front of me, and it’s as if I’ve stepped back in […]

food

Recession Specials 4c — Tuesday

Earlier this week I decided to embark on an experiment where I’d clean out my fridge and cook dinner each night using only the ingredients I had on hand. Click […]

The Spamwise Chronicles

A blog devoted to the beauty of food.

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Roast Chicken Salad with Haricots Verts and Mustard Vinaigrette

Pasta all’ Genovese

Hummus

In Memoriam — Marcella Hazan (1924-2013)

At the Dinner Table

Three Small Plates

Chicken Congee

Recession Specials 4c — Tuesday