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About shelly

Exploring the vast culinary jungles of the San Francisco Bay Area, and my own kitchen. Khaki shorts and safari hat optional.

a sneak peek at my kitchen

Ilva of Lucullian Delights recently announced a fun little blog event, Show us your kitchen. So here it is, the crown jewel of my tiny, cramped apartment kitchen—my mizuya tansu, or Japanese kitchen chest. The photo doesn’t nearly do it … Continue reading

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mac and cheese, louise

Ever get an idea that sounds really interesting in theory but turns out to be, well, a bit strange in practice? I like to expand my ideas about foods that complement each other by trying new combinations, often using whatever … Continue reading

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fda preparing to approve cloned meat and milk

Next time you buy a pound of chuck at the supermarket, think about where it comes from. If the FDA approves the sale of cloned meat and milk, you won’t know whether that roast was cut from a cloned cow. … Continue reading

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new year wishes

I took this photo right outside my home a few weeks ago, during a spectacular red dawn. Something about that warm, cloudy sky is infinitely reassuring, like a celestial watercolor painting by Nature herself. A harbinger of the new year? … Continue reading

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weekend dog blogging with Jenny

This is Jenny: She’s half Boxer, half ???. Speculations as to the breed of her father range from German Shepherd, to Pit Bull, to Canaanite. Her face is somewhat German Shepherd-like, yet her coloring is in the typical Canaanite range. … Continue reading

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pasta with creamy bacon chanterelle sauce with bok choy and apples

This little number was fun to cook, as it’s basically a combination of star ingredients—ingredients that, on their own, would be the crowning glory or surprise element of any given dish. Combining apples with greens is a facile yet tasty … Continue reading

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happy holidays!

Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, Joyful Kwanza! Recently, Mr. Fetched, the man behind Tales from FAR asked people to record their earliest holiday memories for a special holiday podcast. Having never podcasted before, I thought I’d give it a try. It … Continue reading

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who put the latkes in harry truman’s gatkes?

Every Hannukah, my tone-deaf father who sang “in the key of R” would sing “Who put the latkes in Harry Truman’s gatkes?” No, that’s not the name of a song. It’s just a silly phrase that he’d sing intermittently, while … Continue reading

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an imaginary e-mail to the coughing guy in the adjacent cube

Dear coughing dude in the adjacent cube, You cough every five minutes. I could set my clock to the sounds of your hacking. Not content with a small, dainty throat-clearing, you expectorate loudly, with noisy, boar-like grunts. You do this … Continue reading

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food blog awards 2006

Folks, today is the last day to nominate blogs for the 2006 Food Blog Awards hosted by the Well Fed Network. To nominate a blog, go to Well Fed’s post on the awards and click a category. Then enter the … Continue reading

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