Posted 11:15 PM

why do i even have root beer float ice cream bars, anyway? they don't taste like anything.

Posted 10:21 PM

SO MUCH GRILLED CHEESE TOO MUCH GRILLED CHEESE I'M GOING TO THROW UP IF I EAT ANOTHER BITE

Posted 9:24 PM

i don't like rocky road ice cream. i don't even usually like chocolate ice cream all that much. but the "oregon rocky road" at salt & straw is incredible: a dense rich chocolate w/ candied hazelnuts and marshmallow fluff.

Posted 11:11 PM

sven & i had a double date at the movies tonight. they were soft and sweet and dark, but i didn't know what to do with the pit afterwards.

Posted 11:09 PM

my triglycerides are saying: eat more oily fish, nuts, beans. drink less soda.

Posted 11:11 PM

when snacks are a meal they are tiny and tart and salty and warm and mushy and sweet and crisp and everything. they taste like love.

Posted 11:11 PM

i used to make snack boxes and i am doing so again because i am back to driving for work. a snack box keeps me from falling asleep over a long drive and helps me resist the temptation to stop for fast food.

Posted 9:34 PM

often the cookies kids sell on the sidewalk during events like sunday parkways are often store bought or tasteless (or both!). in this case, they were delicious. i told the 7-year-old boy who made them that if he continued to make chocolate chip cookies he would be a very popular person in the future.

Posted 9:28 PM

whipping coconut milk is an intriguing alternative, coming out something between cool whip and proper whipped cream.

Posted 11:11 PM

portland food carts are terribly unreliable. don't get attached, even if you bike 20 miles for a seared salmon salad. don't get your hopes up even if the cart looks open and there is no sign indicating anything amiss. don't wait for the owner to return. don't call the cart's phone number because you'll just leave a message.

Posted 10:56 PM

how can empanadas be so bland? i didn't think it could be possible.

Posted 8:08 PM

new seasons makes an excellent salmon sandwich that is the highlight of my shopping week.

Posted 11:10 PM

horchata is not rice milk with a shot of cinnamon syrup. it isn't bad, but it's not horchata.

Posted 7:56 PM

i literally ate chickpeas like popcorn today, out of a bowl. very satisfying.

Posted 9:52 PM

sven's got a homemade hummus recipe that is incredible. we took some to a housewarming tonight but he made the hummus a couple of days ago and that's what we've been looking forward to this whole time.

Posted 11:01 PM

sometimes when i bike long distances i think "i'd better have the calories." so i got fries with my sandwich and did not regret it.

Posted 7:43 PM

3 eateries in a row and i went to all of them because i am so rarely in that area: a bakery, a sandwich shop, an ice cream shop. and fortunately(?) for me, none of them were so excellent i crave returning.

Posted 9:16 PM

i don't know why i never thought to modify chai-in-a-box, but hellooooooooo! using homemade moroccan vanilla and extra simple syrup is just the beginning.

i found a homemade chai "syrup" recipe to keep on hand that i think will be simple to make and divine to eat: add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, pepper, salt & vanilla to sweetened condensed milk. add spoonfuls of it to black tea like hot buttered rum batter. or anything. YES.

Posted 10:00 PM

i've been waking with heart palpitations, so i'm trying to train myself out of drinking caffeine after 8 p.m. sven thinks sprite with cherry brandy syrup & ice tastes like cotton candy.

Posted 11:11 PM

as part of my mcmenamins project i had the best burger i've had at mcmenamins lo all these years: the Take Me to the Moon Burger. and it did, and brought me back again. in fact, it was one of the best burgers i've had in years: juicy, tangy, salty, delicious.

Posted 10:58 PM

this was a day of icy drinks: homemade frappucinnos, homemade cherry brandy slushies, homemade edgefield fizzes, homemade coffee liqueur slushie. 3 of 4 of them had alcohol, which caught up to me sweating and dizzy and much-too-warm. eating more and drinking water brought things into more careful and gingerly alignments. good thing i didn't get around to making that homemade chocolate stout shake.

Posted 11:22 PM

sometimes you get something where all the components are completely awesome individually, but when they all get put together it is surprisingly underwhelming. relatedly: it turns out homemade english muffins really are worth it. i wish i could just get them by themselves.

Posted 11:11 PM

when eating al fresco while watching shakespeare, it is imperative to have french bread, two kinds of cheese, 3 kinds of salads, roasted vegetables, and champagne grapes. but you will be disappointed when the luscious roasted peaches you have been waiting for all evening turn out to be so underripe they are crunchy.

Posted 10:39 PM

cherries going bad? boil them in sugar, pear brandy, vanilla and almond extract. then add more pear brandy. then add some lemon juice. add an insignificant amount of salt. add more lemon juice. let it cool, store in the refrigerator forever or as long as it takes sven to eat them, whichever comes first.

Posted 9:50 PM

frozen cupcakes carried to work in a tiffin is one of the cutest possible things, and delicious when they thaw. even paleo people eat cupcakes.

Posted 10:09 PM

when you learn to poach an egg, it's almost magic. kristen & todd made us a poached egg dish and i knew i was going to have to learn how to do it. now i use poached eggs most often with lentils, kale and magic sauce. i love seeing it spill out, pouring golden gummy goodness into the bowl.

Posted 11:03 PM

sven's homemade birthday cupcakes for breakfast. need i say more?

Posted 11:42 PM

that was more alcohol than i've had in a very long time. an edgefield fizz, a terminator stout shake, a shared shot of white whiskey, a shared beer flight. took home bottles of coffee liqueur, rum, pear brandy and herbal liqueur. they will last for years in the closed cupboard.

Posted 9:36 PM

i pack a short glass full of ice and fill the spaces between with sprite and grapefruit bitters. the ice cubes tinkle as i swirl the glass to dilute the drink until i am finally just placing rounded ice cubes in my mouth on the summer porch.

Posted 10:45 PM

sometimes you eat something for the first time and that's all you want to eat ever. like when edward asks the white witch for turkish delight. trader joe's mini pies were like that for me. but today, it was the beef kati roll at the bollywood theatre. i had to bike home or i would have eaten three of them, i'm sure.