things ive eaten lately

one of our wednesday night cooking creations: homemade green curry!  a friend of a friend's recipe for green curry paste + miscellaneous veges and fried tofu = excellent

on the left: vege lasagna.  on the right: ground beef and sweet italian sausage lasagna.  time began: 830pm.  time consumed: 1130pm.  on a random note-do not buy spoonrest shaped like testicles.  very inconvenient if not hilarious shape.  seriously. 

ricotta/romano/cranberry stilton stuffed cherry peppers.  warning: BEWARE! cherry peppers when deseeded produce a cloud of burning pain that circulates the kitchen.  and theyre surprisingly spicy even without seeds.  but anything stuffed with cheese is worth the pain.

unpictured cos..im an idiot.  i made a wednesday night feast of cuban black bean [dried, soaked, boiled] soup with saffron rice, sweet plantains, lemony yucca, and giant peruvian corn salad!  it took most of the day that i should have been writing papers and presentations for school.  oops. 

black is a jeweltone right?

• turtleneck: uniqlo
• scarf/belt: somewhere in nz
• skirt: glassons

• little house on the prairie dress: uniqlo
• belt: taken from forever 21 skirt
• leggings: target

• sweater: ann taylor loft
• dress: saks off 5th ave [lost in my skirt drawer for the past 3-4 months]
• jeans: gap about 4 years ago

 in other news, i lost the little beaded pig from my camera.  $1 from chinatown.  wahh.  and i saw harry potter!  can i just say...gratuitous hp/hermione makeout scene was more than a bit awkward.  and frank thinks he the princess and the pea.  whereas toni thinks he is more the evil stepsister type.  i think he is probably more rumpelstiltskin in that he is seemingly a good guy but will steal your babies or be really angry and flip out. 

zhen's bday cupcakes

its a leaf.  cos were environmental people...

and a happy sun

cupcake toppers!

cupcakes getting ready to go party

flakes easily with a fork

...probably the stupidest cooking instruction ever.  heres what it actually means-cook fish until you can cut the thickest part with the side of a fork or even a spoon.  if you cant... its gooey and raw somewhere near the middle and you will get sick and die.  maybe.  but you will probably have mercury and other heavy metal poisoning so perhaps the raw fish part wont even be the worst.  anywho.

somewhat underripe plum, rice, miso salmon, and sauteed green beans

the best part of cooking salmon in tin foil is the fact that the skin and nasty scales get stuck and you just crumple and throw away!  and if you arent too overzealous with the fork you can possibly skip the pan washing part.  but in principle that is kind of a disgusting im-a-lazy-guy method and i humbly suggest you wash the goddamn pan, put it in the drying rack, and put it away when dry.  instead of leaving it for someone else to do.  and while youre at it, take out the motherfucking trash for once.  it is traditionally a man's job and it wouldnt kill you to do it once.  seriously.

gahhh.

floral prints

my wine and cheese bday party [more was added later]

what i wore

• tunic: inc by macys
• skirt: mandee
• belts: charlotte russe

• coat: h&m [$7 90's crop]
• dress: gap
• lace inset leggings: urban outfitters [mega sale and ..kind of itchy]