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Week Notes No. 45: Appetites

By Justin G. on 25MAR06THU

Random food notes from the week.

1. Cooked
   • Mexican Black Bean tacos, with acorn squash. Yum! I would put them over rice too.
2. Recipes
   • Milk Street flatbreads 101 episode. Dang these look good.
   • Maybe I should smash burger at home.
   • Alvin has some parallel universe ramen recipes. I am not a user of TikTok or other places that I suspect these recipes percolate. They are all new to me, and I am inspired to make some of my own modifications. Not necessarily these modifications mind you, but some, to be sure.
   • Rigatoni and Cauliflower al forno (NYT).
   • Someone brought the NYT rosemary shortbreads (gift link) to A’s book club. OMG these are so good. The recipe looks trivial too; I cannot wait to try it myself.
3. Drinks
   • Health-ade Kombucha, Pink Lady flavor. It’s a good drink, I buy it every now and again. It’s not as sour as some others, but still good.
   • Aura Bora essence’d sparking waters. Kinda bland for my tastebuds.
4. Eating out
   • Vito’s Tacos in Las Vegas. Excellent birria.
   • Maria’s Taco Shop at a gas station in Pahrump, NV. Very good.
5. Ordering in
   • Pizza.
6. Premade things
   • Trader Joe’s Joe-Joe’s are solid. They aren’t the same as the famous chocolate-creme sandwich cookie. If those are the ones for you, just get those. But if you are open to something similar, and maybe even better, give the triple Joes a try.
   • Siete refried ranchero beans. Refried beans with extras. Yum.
   • The TJ’s 70% Peruvian Cacao bar is very good dark chocolate. Very fruity.
7. Ingredients
   • Acorn squash. It ranks above some other squashes when roasted, such as butternut, but it’s no kabocha. Kabocha is still the best I’ve found so far.

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