Food the Wong Way

Category: Method

  • Food-related Entertainment: Foodini

    Have you heard about Foodini? It is a 3D printer for food! Click on the photos to read a longer gizmag article on it. Yes, I got excited until I saw the pizza, which made me realize it was just a really fancy play-dough machine. It also doesn’t really cook it, just heats at 100…

  • Method Break: Idea: Adorable Animal Snacks for Kids

    I am super stoked to visit family this holiday season, including my neice and nephew, 6 and 4.  I may already be keeping a running list of fun stuff to entertain them with if they ever get out here to visit me. Maybe. So in case you haven’t seen it around the interwebs yet, Easy…

  • Method Break: Poached Egg by Microwave

    In case you’ve not heard, you can poach an egg in the microwave! It took me a few tries but I finally got it about right for my particular microwave. In vintage (a.k.a. janky) microwave: 1. Add 1/2 c water to a small bowl, carefully crack egg in, cover loosely. 2. Heat 50 seconds at…

  • Cookie Mania!
    Gingersnaps

    Cookies Part 1 of 4. Last Saturday night, the ingredients for baking cookies and cookie-like items started amassing on my kitchen countertop.. Clearly, I overcommitted on types of cookies: gingersnaps chocolate chip sugar cookies sweet & spicy almonds macaroons almond florentines (my personal favorite) Layer on top of that the plan to make some of…

  • Method Break: Garlic Chopper Demo

    My co-worker/friend Jillian was nice enough to be my last-minute date to a charity auction dinner. She was still game when it turned out the power was out in the neighborhood, and we had to bumble our way to the dining hall entrance in the dark. I did not dupe myself (for a good cause)…

  • Method Break! Sorting Recipes by Time

    You know those recipes I keep on file (these days, via iphone)? A few years ago I started sorting them by time, since sometimes I’d find myself two hours later on a weekday, finally eating. In the case of today’s recipe, this goes in the sad, “60+ minutes to Multiday” folder. This one I try…