Food the Wong Way

Food the Wong Way, and some other hobbies

  • 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…

  • Accordion Potatoes

    Saw this recipe via the latest blog I’ve been persistently sucked into perusing, Brit + Co. which led me to A Beautiful Mess’ Accordion Potatoes. I only had 3 large yukon potatoes, so scaled it down thus: 3 large yukon gold potatoes, washed and dried. 1/4 cup of butter 1 1/2 tsp olive oil 1…

  • 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…

  • What -Berry Salad?!

    Nope, wheat berry salad! I posted recently about the wonders of rice cookers, and promised to take a gander at the Wheat Berry Salad I stumbled on in my related googling adventures. So here it is, nearly unaltered from Tiny Urban Kitchen’s original post: Wheat Berry Salad Ingredients: 1 cup soft white wheat berries 2…

  • 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…

  • Meatless Moping: Chickpeas with Chard & Pan-Roasted Tomatoes

    I like making meals my spouse isn’t a big fan of when he’s out of town, which usually means no meat, and more carbs. Today’s recipe is one from Real Simple Magazine shortly after a honeymoon to New Zealand, where for breakfast we had thick-cut bacon, a fried egg and a succulently delicious sautéed tomato…

  • Almond Florentines

    Almond Florentines

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. (originally from a Food Network recipe -link no longer live-, with minimal substitution) Makes: ~5 dozen 3-inch Florentines, or 2 1/2 dozen 6-inch Florentine Total Time: 1 hr 35 min Prep 30 min Inactive 45 min Cook 20 min I first had these a few years ago at Zeitgeist Kunst &…

  • Sweet & Spicy Almonds

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. This one whips up fast, and it’s even vegan! (originally from All Recipes, HQ’d in Seattle! ..one adjustment here) Makes: 2 1/2 cups almonds Total processing time: less than 30 minutes Ingredients 1/4 cup raw sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 1/2 cups whole almonds…

  • Renee’s Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (a.k.a. Ardene Hindman’s)

    Cookies Part 2 of 4. Happy Thanksgiving to any fellow American friends out there! Maybe with the long weekend, you’ll want to try a cookie recipe? Renee’s Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (a.k.a. Ardene Hindman) Makes: ummmm, a whole bunch of cookies. I lost count, and I only did a half portion from what’s prescribed below. Total…

  • 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…

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