Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Bimby-Bop

I go to a small cafe by my house in LA which has one specific dish that I have fallen in love with.  The owner is part Korean and it's his take on the Korean dish Bibimbop, which I can never pronounce so I say Bimby-bop.  I decided to improvise and make what I thought was in it, and without spending too much money on things like fish sauce. And it turned out surprisingly delicious, and super easy.  It's vegetarian and very healthy too.  I've made it 3 times now and still am not sick of it.
INGREDIENTS (Serves 2)
1 cup farro
2 and 1/2 cups chicken broth
2 shitake mushrooms
2 or 3 big leaves of kale (in season right now!)
6 or 7 asparagus spears (in season right now!)
2 tomatoes
1/2 white onion chopped
garlic chopped
1 egg, fried or poached
2 big scoops burrata cheese (per serving)
sriracha sauce
 Farro is my new favorite food.  It's healthier than rice and tastier than quinoa.  It really goes well with everything.
Pour the farro and chicken broth into a pot and bring to a boil.  Then turn to low heat and simmer until ready.  (About 20-30 minutes)
  Chop up all the veggies and saute in olive oil, salt, butter and water.  I start with the onion, garlic and mushrooms, then add in the asparagus, then the kale and tomatoes.
Add salt, pepper, a few squirts of sriracha (to taste) and squeeze some fresh lemon on top while cooking.  When the veggies are done, quickly fry an egg in a separate pan.  Don't cook the egg too long because you want it runny.
Scoop the veggies on top of a pile of farro and place the egg on top.  Put 2 scoops of burrata cheese on there too and add more sriracha (or any other hot sauce) to taste.
So yums.



Terrywood

The only pic I took at the Terry Richardson exhibit.  In N' Out Burger art.  Need.to.take.more.photos.while.out.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Seattle Part II

Brinn and Henry cooking
Kate and Andy
Brinn, Kate, Meg
Graffiti truck
The space needle from Brinn's block
In case we sink
Kate and Andy
Andy explaining something about fish
Brinn
Fish fry
Henry cooking collard greens
Cozy
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Andy built this chair out of skis and wood!
Henry
Best boots for Seattle weather
Meg and Kate

Friday, February 17, 2012

Seattle Part I

I visited two of my best friends from college last weekend.  They live in Seattle now, with their boyfriends.  So grown up.  The city is beautiful, and cool, and wet.  Here are some photos.
View from the ferry
Pike Place Market
Fish market
All the dead fishies
Meg Schmidt
The space needle
View from Brinn's apartment
Brinn
Peep Show
Best pho ever
Brinn, Meg, Kate


Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Meg Schmidt
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Orange Blossom

It's been a while...
Meg Schmidt
Meg Schmidt
Meg Schmidt
Vintage dress, Steve Madden platform pumps.