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Lime-masala mushrooms

I don’t have a recipe for this yet — it’s a fusion dish I made up for the launch party I held at Alex and Christa‘s house last month, and I was doing feast cooking for a big crowd, so a little too frenetic to stop and write down measurements for recipes. But I wanted to post this, mostly to remind myself to make it again at some point and write it up, because it was VERY popular.

Essentially, it’s my lime-masala mushrooms (recipe in Feast), but with added cashews, and cooked down with heavy cream instead of coconut milk. If you’re looking for a decadent vegetarian dish that ALSO packs a decent amount of protein, here you go. 🙂
You could also do it with coconut milk, of course, and vegan butter, if you wanted to do a vegan version.

(Did you know that you can buy signed copies of Feast from me directly, now on sale, AND add on curry powder (or masks) if you’d like? If not, now you know: https://serendibshop.com/…/a-feast-of-serendib…)

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Yummy Goop

Made brownies yesterday. Fussy recipe, but they honestly came out as delicious as I’ve ever imagined a brownie, so I can’t complain.

Couldn’t find our 8″ square pan, so made one batch in the scone pan (use plenty of Baker’s Joy, because brownies tend to stick), and one batch (with cherries) in a pie plate. Both delicious, though I think we could’ve added some foil to protect the edge of the cherry one and baked it just a little longer; the cherries put off enough moisture that the center is a little goopy.

Yummy goop, though. 🙂

Recipe: https://www.epicurious.com/…/best-cocoa-brownies-108346

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A Willingness to Chop Onions

Me: Sweetie, are you going to be up for a while?

Jed: Another hour or two.

Me: Can you dice five onions and slice five shallots so I have them ready to cook with in the morning?

Jed: Sure!

Reader, if you suspect that a common thread in my partners is their willingness to chop masses of onions for me, you would not be wrong.

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Leftovers for Days

– MA looks at party menu

– realizes it’s enough to feed twice as many people as we’re actually expecting; maybe three times
– shrugs and continues merrily on (la la la la la la la)

(leftovers for days…)

– veggies and hummus
– fresh watermelon
– shrimp cocktail

– chips and guac and salsas

– grilled chicken tikka
– grilled bratwursts
– grilled burgers & veggie Beyond burgers
– sautéed mushrooms & onions and Swiss

– ginger sambol & Sri Lankan tomato jam

– kaliya curry (plantain & eggplant & potato)
– grilled corn with lime-cilantro crema and cotija (elotes)
– grilled asparagus
– grilled peaches and plums
– potato salad
– cucumber tzatziki salad

– Chicago popcorn (Anand loves it)

– jaggery pongal
– Kavi’s lemon cookies
– mini cupcakes (thanks, grocery store)
– popsicles
– MAYBE a pavlova, if I get around to it

– berries

– various lemonades, interesting sodas, cocktails, sangria, beer & cider, rosé wine…

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Celestial Party Plates

I am sure that some of my science fiction writer and reader friends need to know that Target has a really pretty line of celestial party plates right now. 🙂 Both dinner and snack plates.

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A Small Shindig

We’re having a small graduation shindig for the kids tomorrow. Can I tell you how exciting it was to pull out all the summery serveware? I may have a little bit of an entertaining problem. 🙂

There aren’t actually that many people coming; we’re keeping the numbers small per COVID and easing back into it all. But I admit that I’m tempted to fill up all these dishes anyway.

Costco, here I come. 🙂

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AAPI Heritage Month Pick of the Day

Whoa, that’s exciting. Just swung by Twitter, and saw that Boston Public Library has picked A Feast of Serendib for their #AAPIHeritageMonth pick of the day! 🙂