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buckwheat vs. coconut flour pannies

It’s really hard to compare actually. One has 4 eggs, 4 TBSP of butter and 4 TBSP of heavy cream. The other has 6 TBSP of buckwheat flour and 6 TBSP of white flour. One has virtually no carbs. The other is all carbs. Next time I’ll take a picture but the coconut flour pannie basically looks like an egg pancake. An egg pancake with a bit of flour…

samosa house east

Am @ samosa house east on the SW corner of washington + overland having jackfruit, chana, dal, garlic naan and chai. The location isn’t that great for foot traffic but they do have a bit of parking and the interior is bright and modern. I miss all the samosa house west smells though and I can’t buy my indian cooking essentials here. It’s a stone’s throw (1 block west) from conservatory for coffee and tea. I may indulge twice today!

i heart san vicente

i’ve decided to bike more. and i’ve decided that whereas san vicente in WH was a treacherous, steep incline, san vicente in santa monica is slightly less treacherous and way less steep. i ventured out today by heading straight north on 17th (hill!) – about 1.1miles, then turning east onto san vicente until bundy – total 2.9miles, then u-turning to travel west until the ocean – total 5.9miles, then back to the light at 26th where i u-turned again and then headed south on 17th to home for a total of 9.8miles. here’s to going to the gym 3x/wk and biking 10 miles/day on non-gym days.

except for the potential dooring and the vehicles flying by at 40-45 mph (the speed limit is 35, people!), i don’t have to worry about dogs on retractable leashes and i don’t have to stop at a stop sign every block. there’s a stoplight @ 7th and another @ 26th and another @ bundy, but there are only those 3 between the ocean and the heart of brentwood. the close proximity and paucity of other rollerbladers and dog walkers and beach cruisers with ipods makes san vicente potentially even better than the oceanfront path (did i really say that?). yes, i did.

best food blogs

According to Saveur (or, rather, Saveur’s readership):

BEST BAKING AND DESSERTS BLOG
David Lebovitz

BEST WINE BLOG
Good Wine Under $20

BEST FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
Smitten Kitchen

BEST REGIONAL CUISINE
Homesick Texan

BEST SPECIAL INTEREST BLOG
La Tartine Gourmande

BEST CULINARY TRAVEL
Cafe Fernando

BEST INDIVIDUAL POST
Smitten Kitchen

MOST INNOVATIVE VIDEO CONTENT
Food Wishes

BEST KITCHEN TOOLS AND HARDWARE COVERAGE
Apartment Therapy: The Kitchn

air bacon

m has discovered a new way to bake bacon: on a cooling rack over a cookie sheet. the bacon not only cooks faster but it gets crunchy so m is happy without being burnt so i am happy. and it doesn’t sit in its own fat so everyone is happy.

cafe sans sucre

last friday, saturday, and sunday, i drank 3 different coffees, each measuring about 4 oz and only added milk or half-and-half. no sugar. i could probably get used to that. earlier last week, i tried coffee sans sucre and sans milk. hmmmm, will need more time to get used to that.

animal

a restaurant. in LA. went for NM’s bday. had marrow bone covered in parsley. pig ear fried to a crisp. fried sweetbreads (i love organs!). and sundry other items but those were the *special* ones.

bike to brentwood

NM and i went biking to brentwood then along the gravel path in palisades park for a total of 8.89 miles. biking on san vicente is as nice as i have imagined it to be and it has been recently repaved which makes it even nicer (and it’s all downhill when you travel west!). unfortunately, i have no picture of NM on the pink townie…