Being born and raised in Hawaii, I can confirm that Spam was a way of life. It comes mixed in your fried rice, tops your ramen noodles, and is the most important ingredient in your favorite 711 snack (yes, you heard me right) – the Spam Musubi. It was so commonplace that I never bothered…
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So in other news, NYC’s bipolar weather decided it wanted to go from freezing winter temps to humid summer days within a matter of what feels like minutes. I guess I’m shit out of luck on that beach body then huh? Guess I’m gonna have to starve myself – I meant – choose healthier options.…
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Don’t take Gus Portokalos’ word that Windex cures all. It’d be more believable if he said it was Yiayia’s Avgolemono Soup. I first tried Avgolemono soup one cold day in Astoria many, many years ago. I had no idea what it was (let alone how to pronounce it), but my very-Greek server guaranteed I’d love…
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People get way too butt-hurt these days that I wouldn’t be surprised someone calls me out on this for not being “authentic” enough. (Try and post a homemade carbonara recipe with turkey bacon on Instagram and watch the backlash). Well you know what, I don’t give a shit. Cooking is supposed to be something fun,…
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I have no idea how the Instagram algorithm works- like no fucking clue. How a gorgeous dry aged ribeye steak from a 4 star restaurant gets a couple hundred likes versus my homemade stupid Italian sausage pasta which has now almost 2K. Like, baffling. Anyway, here’s the recipe for those that have bombarded my comments…
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