A very weird and interesting thing. It’s out there, it exists. I decided to seek it out because I wanted to make more fluffy milk bread and didn’t want to have fed my starter so diligently for nothing. So I used my starter for this.

Chicken salt appears to be five spice, msg, white pepper, and salt. Sounds like it’s for Taiwanese popcorn chicken - I also used it on king oyster mushrooms I fried a la Taiwanese popcorn chicken, and it was great!

For the longest time, it felt like we should be getting ready for the 5-hr drive back at any moment.

Blend everything but the oil with a powerful immersion blender, and then stir in EVOO by hand. (Blending EVOO will make it bitter.)

One whole beef tenderloin, eaten six ways over four days.

A cloud of fluffiness, that doesn’t take that much effort to make!

Easy and delicious. We loved this recipe so much, we made it twice in a row!

My two favorite Zahav recipes, 2 favorite non-Asian veggie dishes of all time

What I’ve been eating recently:

The 50ft leash I bought for Rosie finally arrived from Amazon last week.

Though you won’t be able to eat it until the third day, it’s super simple and requires minimal active time. To me, this is a perfect recipe for quarantine time. Overall, it’s very low effort, high reward.

We made an addition to our family!

It was hard not to think about my original birthday plans: gallivanting around Japan, ryokan stay with private onsen and kaiseki meal, dinner at 3 Michelin-starred Narisawa, and general vacation bliss. I know there’s a lot to be grateful for, but yesterday was one day where it was hard not to think about all that could have been.

Noah must have felt sorry for me; he made me ramen for my birthday

We regularly eat bossam at home, once every few months. It’s always a little different and never traditional. Over the years, we evolved into a few standbys that I usually prefer to have, and some I can do without most of the time. Here is my collection. Mix and match.