A Hungry Bear

korean sizzling beef

Monday, October 19, 2009

I can’t believe it’s been so long since my last post! Work has been so busy I haven’t had much time for cooking - it feels like I’ve been single-handedly keeping Mellow Mushroom in business. Now that it’s getting colder, I won’t be running out to grab takeout as often. Good thing [...]

grilled okra

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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The farmer who delivers our CSA share has his own blog, and every week they post a recipe grid with ideas for cooking almost everything in the box. This one is deceptively simple - with so few ingredients, you might not realize that this is the perfect way to cook okra. Ingredients: okra, olive oil, [...]

focaccia reubens

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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Food & Wine magazine had a great article about top sandwich spots in the US this month. One that caught my eye was a recipe for reubens made on focaccia bread, a sandwich from a San Francisco restaurant called The Sentinel. For the record, I’m not a fan of corned beef, and the [...]

cedar plank salmon

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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I love the flavor that a cedar plank imparts on a piece of salmon when it’s grilled, but I had always assumed it was difficult to make so I only enjoyed this at restaurants. A couple of weeks ago, I was on a flight perusing one of those airline magazines (Delta’s Sky magazine actually) [...]

grilled halibut and vegetables provencale

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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My little container herb garden is growing like crazy these days, and I’m finding more ways than ever to incorporate them in unexpected ways (see this Bufala Negra drink for an unconventional way to enjoy basil). This recipe for grilled halibut and vegetables with fresh herbes de Provence caught my eye, as a way [...]

animal style burger

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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Anyone who has ever traveled with me to the West coast knows that I’m obsessed with In-n-out Burger. When I was a vegetarian years ago, a co-worker of mine raved about “a burger that needs its own diaper”: the double-double animal style. I was on a business trip in Vegas shortly after coming [...]

mustard and mayo glazed asparagus

Monday, June 8, 2009

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I’ve always been wary of heating or cooking mayonnaise. I avoid recipes that call for mixing it in and then baking (like a lot of spinach artichoke dips, for example), presumably holding on to some superstition from my youth that hot mayo will make you sick. Well, it was a huge surprise for [...]

chimichurri steak salad

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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I absolutely love this recipe - and the entire article where I found it in Bon Appetit (15 quick meals). After our indulgent 14000 calories/day trip to South Beach, I’m under strict orders to cook only vegetables and protein for dinner. I could either steam some broccoli and grill some chicken and fall [...]

barbecue beef brisket

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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Do you know when I feel the most satisfaction from cooking? It’s not when I really nail a recipe and get compliments (that’s nice), or when I come home from a restaurant and recreate a dish (rare, but also really nice). It’s much simpler than that. The most rewarding thing to me [...]

yogurt-marinated steak kebabs with lemon butter

Thursday, March 5, 2009

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Wouldn’t it have been so catchy if I had posted this the day after the Oscars, and made it some sort of tribute to Slumdog Millionaire? Well, I’ve been busy. So this will just have to be a generic post about how I tried to make Indian-inspired food for the first time. [...]