http://onebigkitchen.com Favorite recipes from around the globe and next door, restaurants to enjoy, and cookbooks to devour. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:44:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="462" caption="Sushi roll at Samurai, Amherst NY (PHOTOS BY SCOTTY HARRIS)"][/caption] Villager: How can we find a samurai we can pay with only rice? Gisaku: Find hungry samurai. Akira Kurosawa – The Seven Samurai When I first arrived in Buffalo, Japanese food was reflected only by teppanyaki houses, with flashing knives ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=857 Tying off the foie gras torchon is one of the steps in making the dish that requires teamwork. The Rue Franklin, one of Buffalo’s best restaurants, has earned its reputation through carefully crafted seasonal menus, and Menu D’Automne is no exception. One particular tasty appetizer skillfully executed by Chef Corey Kley ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=816 If you were the type to self-medicate with a tray of Double-Stuf Oreos, you wouldn't have had the nerve to completely leverage your entire life in the first place. You douse your food with truffle oil, not ketchup. Your cheese has a name. But it's hard to settle your stomach when ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=810 Now that every penny of your household budget is devoted to payments on the adjustable rate mortgage (Nice call, Einstein!) for your 5-bedroom house, and your psychiatrist, for wholesale Xanax "samples," it's time to sit down and take stock. Or squat, because the repo guys took everything but the hardwired stainless ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=804 Hostess Meghan's hot-as-sin chili came with avocado and farmer's cheese. Nice touch. She also made a pepito (pumpkin seed) and cilantro garnish, which was deliciously nutty. The trouble with being in a religious minority - aside from the obvious: theological debates, bloody warfare, institutional genocide and worst of all, ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=773 [caption id="attachment_764" align="alignleft" width="231" caption="Edible Buffalo Fall 2008"][/caption] Edible Buffalo, a quarterly that debuted this July, is the sixth magazine in the New York State Edible family. It's a great introduction to the lesser-known (and more familiar) regional foods and tastemakers of our eight Western New York counties, from peaches and ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=763 Lehman Crumbles: Tangy lemon cream in a cookie crust, dusted with toasted almonds and powdered sugar. Tangy, toasty Lehman Crumbles are sure to disappear faster than a stack of applications at a Wall Street Starbucks. Nuttier than the "Dow 36,000" guy, this lemony, crunchy treat is a fabulous addition to any dinner ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=724 Nothing says “depression” like drinking handle vodka ladled out of the plastic garbage can you stole the day your job went the way of the S & P 500. Somebody deserves a Dick Punch - and that somebody is you. Dick Punch is named in honor of the ruined broker who ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=705 PHOTO (C) THOMAS LEPLUS HTTP://LEPLUS.ORG It was half past ten on a Saturday night in January when the servers gave me their final tickets. Shumai. Shumai and a chicken coconut curry holding. I turned the steamer up to full blast and started gathering ingredients for the curry. Two plates down from the ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=411 Leo's in Folcroft offered a cheesesteak with just enough grease to give it taste, allowing the Wiz and hot sauce to mingle. Someone recently told me that cooking was more than just ingredients and technique – it was also the attitude, perhaps even the emotional state, of the chef. In short, you ... http://onebigkitchen.com/?p=667