Miscellany Archives - Evan Kleiman https://www.evankleiman.com/category/miscellany/ culinary multitasker Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Tomatoes and Tomato Water: The Fruit that keeps on giving https://www.evankleiman.com/tomatoes-fruit-keeps-giving/ https://www.evankleiman.com/tomatoes-fruit-keeps-giving/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:40:16 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=1788 A few years back after I took a couple canning classes I decided to take preserving the insane summer bounty of SoCal tomatoes seriously.  Now every summer during the hottest weather possible I stew in my own juices as I can enough tomato products to last...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/tomatoes-fruit-keeps-giving/feed/ 0 Mama Simpson’s (I Mean My) Apple Pie https://www.evankleiman.com/mama-simpsons-i-mean-my-apple-pie/ https://www.evankleiman.com/mama-simpsons-i-mean-my-apple-pie/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 15:13:26 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=4107 So how does it feel for your favorite recipe to show up on The Simpsons?  Well, beyond surreal that’s for sure.  When they first reached out via email to ask if I’d like to contribute a recipe to the episode I thought it was a...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/mama-simpsons-i-mean-my-apple-pie/feed/ 2 Adventures in Japanese Cooking: Udon https://www.evankleiman.com/adventures-japanese-cooking-udon/ https://www.evankleiman.com/adventures-japanese-cooking-udon/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:36:52 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=4035 My Japanese cooking adventure continues.  It’s lovely to have someone to cook for every night, especially someone as sweet and encouraging as my student roommate Miku. Given the heat I figured that she might appreciate a bowl of cold udon.  Now that my pantry is...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/adventures-japanese-cooking-udon/feed/ 0 Japanese Culinary Immersion and the NYC’s League of Kitchens https://www.evankleiman.com/japanese-culinary-immersion-nycs-league-kitchens/ https://www.evankleiman.com/japanese-culinary-immersion-nycs-league-kitchens/#comments Mon, 15 May 2017 18:03:11 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=4017 It happened that Good Food was nominated for a Beard Award and I found myself in NYC with an unbooked Saturday. I remembered a New York Times article I read on League of Kitchens, a unique organization that offers cooking classes taught by immigrant home cooks.  I...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/japanese-culinary-immersion-nycs-league-kitchens/feed/ 2 Culinary Hero: Paula Wolfert https://www.evankleiman.com/culinary-hero-paula-wolfert/ https://www.evankleiman.com/culinary-hero-paula-wolfert/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:00:25 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=2604 There are a few people in the world of food and cooking who have the passion to immerse themselves into a culture and come away with the gems,  dishes hidden in homes and restaurants that are attached to old ways of life and to the hearts...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/culinary-hero-paula-wolfert/feed/ 0 Ugly Fruit (but Oh So Delicious) https://www.evankleiman.com/ugly-fruit-but-oh-so-delicious/ https://www.evankleiman.com/ugly-fruit-but-oh-so-delicious/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:00:18 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=2586 These days we’re hearing more about food waste and how to cut down on the 40% that’s thrown away from farm to table.  Yes, 40%.  In the USA. Shocking isn’t it?  Some of it doesn’t make it from farm to supermarket because it doesn’t fit...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/ugly-fruit-but-oh-so-delicious/feed/ 0 My UCLA Commencement Speech https://www.evankleiman.com/text-my-ucla-commencement-speech/ https://www.evankleiman.com/text-my-ucla-commencement-speech/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:41:33 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=2573   Good afternoon Dean Schaberg, Professor Porodi, faculty, staff, graduates and all the families here today. Dean Schaberg. Thank you for thinking I would be a good person to inspire people with more energy and spirit than I’ve had for a couple of decades. I...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/text-my-ucla-commencement-speech/feed/ 0 Churros at Mercado Olympic https://www.evankleiman.com/churros-at-mercado-olympic/ https://www.evankleiman.com/churros-at-mercado-olympic/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:15:32 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=2457 The other day I rang pal Bill Esparza to ask if he had any food adventures coming up.  I wanted to tag along.  He suggested a 4:30am start to drink spiked hot chocolate with milk straight from the cow’s teat.  I had good intentions.  I...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/churros-at-mercado-olympic/feed/ 0 Product: Daughter’s Granola https://www.evankleiman.com/product-daughters-granola/ https://www.evankleiman.com/product-daughters-granola/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:15:24 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=2448 Ever since I posted my take on Kim Boyce’s Chocolate Chip Cookies people have been asking me about Daughter’s Granola which I threw into the recipe in lieu of enough flour. The daughter in question is Emilie Coulson.  Her parents have a restaurant in Fish...

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]]> https://www.evankleiman.com/product-daughters-granola/feed/ 0 Today Mom is 95 https://www.evankleiman.com/today-mom-is-95/ https://www.evankleiman.com/today-mom-is-95/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:01:31 +0000 https://evankleiman.wpengine.com/?p=2384 And it’s shocking.  As much to her as to those who gather around her.   No one in her family has come close to such an extended life. And as a smoker and eater everyone around her assumed she would be one of the first to...

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