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Recipe Round-up (October 2024)

Recipe Round-up (October 2024)

The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and the first snow of the year is on the way, which means one thing: it is officially soup season. When the weather turns cold, there is nothing better than a warm pot of soup simmering on 

Kickstarter Conclusion

Kickstarter Conclusion

This morning we reached the end of the 30-day Kickstarter campaign for my second cookbook, The Buslife Kitchen: Recipes from the Road. We set out a month ago to raise $15,000 to print the first 2500 copied of the book I’ve been working on for 

Vietnamese Fried Rice – Com Chien

Vietnamese Fried Rice – Com Chien

One afternoon at our first Skooliepalooza, while I was slinging samples and selling cookbooks, I heard a woman exclaim as she flipped through my book. She told me excitedly that she was Vietnamese, and she was very happy to see the chapter on Vietnamese recipes. I smiled and expressed to her my love for the cuisine, with its freshness and clean flavors, but inside I felt myself tense up a bit. 

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French Onion Tartine

French Onion Tartine

French onion soup is a wonderful thing. But, if we’re being honest with ourselves, I think we’d all agree that the best part is that piece of bread on top, soaked with onion soup from beneath and covered with a layer of browned, bubbling cheese. 

Ragu

Ragu

The next section on display from The Buslife Kitchen Vol. 2: Recipes from the Road is Italian recipes. The first cookbook also had an Italian section, but Italian cuisine just boasts too many wonderful recipes which are perfectly suited to nomad cooking. Simple ingredients, simple 

Dal Makhani

Dal Makhani

This is one of my very oldest recipes, concocted long before I had the first thought of writing a cookbook. This recipe became a mainstay for me back in my college days, when I was super, super broke. There have been a few tweaks to the recipe as my knowledge and skill have grown over time, but mostly it is that same old dish that I would use to wow friends back when everyone was broke and none of us really knew how to cook. Continue reading Dal Makhani

Scallops in Brandy Sauce

Scallops in Brandy Sauce

It’s day 12 of the Kickstarter, and we are chugging along. As I write this we are at about 42% funding, and we’re exactly 40% of the way through the campaign. There is a long way to go yet, and I hope you’ll find the 

Golden Beet Risotto

Golden Beet Risotto

In my first cookbook, one of the sections was family recipes, made up of some of my favorite foods from my childhood. In the time between the first cookbook and the second, something happened which really changed my family: Ayana and I got married. My 

Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii

I am a real sucker for tiki drinks, and the Blue Hawaii is one of my favorites. It’s relatively simple as far as tiki drinks go, really only requiring one things that you aren’t likely to already have in your regular rotation, blue curacao. This orange liqueur which is, of course, vibrantly blue in color, not only gives it that delightful hue, but is actually the entire reason that this paticular cocktail exists. Continue reading Blue Hawaii

Caribbean Icebox Cake

Caribbean Icebox Cake

I haven’t actually decided on the final order for the sections of the cookbook, so right now we’re just going through in alphabetical order, which means that section number two is Caribbean recipes. Caribbean food is, I think, a deeply underrated collection of cuisines. The