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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.

weekend cat blogging

Meet Jabba the Hut’s little known third cousin, Sheba the Shack. This is quite possibly the worst photo of our otherwise beautiful cat. It was taken at a rather undignified moment, when A spontaneously scooped her up in his arms … Continue reading

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sabikh!

Falafel’s lesser known little sister is sabikh. Sabikh is a pita sandwich with fried eggplant, a sliced boiled egg, chunks of steamed potatoes, salad, hummus, tahini sauce, and amba, a sort of sour mango pickle sauce. Traditionally, sabikh was eaten … Continue reading

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the best butter and groovy grapes plus a recipe

beurre d’isigny sainte-mère I recently bought a tub of fancy French butter from the local high-falutin’ shop. It was on sale for three dollars, so I picked it up (kind of a bargain for fancy butter, and I couldn’t resist … Continue reading

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home canning: tomato sauce

This is a jar of tomato sauce I canned last night. It somehow escaped the shelf near the stove and took a scenic photo of itself in the garden. I don’t know how it managed to carry my camera. Everyone’s … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo: funny sounding acronyms and what they mean

I’ve decided to participate in NaBloPoMo, or National Blog Posting Month, the blogosphere’s answer to NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. As you can see from the official Seal of Yoda, this means I will post every day. I think … Continue reading

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food destinations #3: my favorite chocolate shop

Allow me to introduce you to my dealer: Bittersweet Café, readers, readers, Bittersweet Café. Bittersweet is a chocolate shop and café in Oakland and San Francisco. It’s a cozy place to have a cup of coffee, or satiate your chocolate … Continue reading

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certified organic plutonium

Recnetly spotted at the local highfalutin’ fancy food shop: Organic light corn syrup by Wholesome Sweeteners. Let’s parse this disturbing phrase, shall we? Organic, meaning grown according to particular standards regulating the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers, etc. Light … Continue reading

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weekend cat blogging, starring keiko the ceramic fortune cat

This is Keiko, a Japanese fortune cat or maneki neko. Keiko lives on top of my computer monitor. She’s always pleased, as you can tell from the happy expression on her little cat face, and she’s always politely beckoning or … Continue reading

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what to eat at the dallas airport

On my way back from New York, I found myself wandering around aimlessly during a stopover at the Dallas airport. It was one of those stopovers that is long enough to drive a person to boredom but not quite long … Continue reading

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not quite like a s’more

Here’s a little snack I put together the other day: 1 ginger biscuit or ginger snap a shmear of almond butter 2 little squares of dark chocolate with ginger bits Shmear almond butter on cookie, top with chocolate. Eat with … Continue reading

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