tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208951652011-04-21T20:42:12.130-07:00sparkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561388945417526841noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20895165.post-1156381467001430742006-08-23T17:46:00.000-07:002006-08-23T18:10:35.070-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/223299197/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/62/223299197_d147ed8661_o.jpg" width="400" height="289" alt="teacup swap 5" /></a><br />just got around to photographing the lovely <a href="http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/485">tea cup swap</a> package i received from <a href="http://anastasiac.blogspot.com/">anastasia.</a> thanks to beth at <a href="http://www.justmycupoftea.typepad.com/">just my cup of tea</a> for organizing it!<br /><br />the last day to sign up for <a href="http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/680">tea cup swap #6</a> is august 25!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20895165-115638146700143074?l=kaintayo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sparkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561388945417526841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20895165.post-1155592118759041262006-08-14T14:47:00.000-07:002006-08-14T19:03:48.493-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215385265/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/77/215385265_5cd61511c8_o.jpg" width="400" height="534" alt="giant tofu!" /></a><br />i'm a sucker for a good food festival, and the 2006 los angeles tofu fest was practically made for me. some photo highlights:<br /><br /><p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215387851/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/75/215387851_ff06c3515a_o.jpg" width="400" height="263" alt="tofufest18" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215385268/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/61/215385268_8101467890_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="tofufest7" /></a><br />a few dozen vendors and thousands of soy fans in attendance. <br /></p><br /><p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215385261/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/54/215385261_d502e80632_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="dude making japanese pizzas?" /></a><br />most of the dishes were prepared on site<br /></p><br /><p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215387842/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/215387842_76d030fa3c_o.jpg" width="400" height="265" alt="lobster balls and tofu pad siew" /></a><br />lobster balls and tofu pad siew<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215385263/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/54/215385263_86a9c33f10_o.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="tofu tostada" /></a><br />tofu tostada<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215387850/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/96/215387850_e739688694_o.jpg" width="400" height="256" alt="terriyaki fried tofu sticks" /></a><br />tofu sticks<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215389907/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/60/215389907_f78f9b734a_o.jpg" width="400" height="276" alt=""proton" marshmallow treat" /></a><br />suspect "proton" crispies<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215387843/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/50/215387843_8b4730393c_o.jpg" width="400" height="302" alt="rainbow snocone" /></a><br />what's a festival without a snocone?<br /></p><br /><p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55336147@N00/215385270/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/215385270_50f6ded6e9_o.jpg" width="400" height="243" alt="little man" /></a><br />the highlight of the entertainment stage. i wanted to kidnap this little guy and glue him onto my dashboard.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20895165-115559211875904126?l=kaintayo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sparkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561388945417526841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20895165.post-1137718110899727002006-01-19T16:37:00.000-08:002006-01-19T17:25:36.710-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/133/1349/1600/bright-eyes-gen5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/133/1349/320/bright-eyes-gen5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />My first official entry! I was reading <a href=”http://www.afoodyear.com/”>A Food Year</a> earlier today and learned that "emo" means "potato" in Japanese. That would mean if you ever wanted to eat an emo kid, you could just make a hearty potato and goat stew. As a recovering <a href=”http://www.dobi.nu/emo/”>emo kid</a>, I thought this was HI-larious, but I don’t think anyone else in my cubicle finds this as amusing as I do. <br /><br />Now I’ve never personally prepared goat, although I was present at some Filipino ho-down where there was a big to do about making this stuff. Personally I found it a little too, uh, gamey. I have no intention of tracking down some goat meat, but If you, gentle reader, have the itch to do so, here’s a link to a <a href="http://www.tribo.org/filipinofood/recipes/kaldereta.html">goat stew recipe, Filipino style.</a> I do intend to prepare some variation of the recipe, substituting beef brisket for the goat and probably excluding the ground liver, which I will post later. Also, I'm working on making this site a little less generic, so sit tight.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20895165-113771811089972700?l=kaintayo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sparkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01561388945417526841noreply@blogger.com0