{Long noodles cooked in aromatic broth with young spring vegetables, basil, and crispy tofu.}

I know a long life noodle from a curse you to an early death noodle any day of the week — and these my friends are like if that pool from the movie Cocoon made noodles too.  Magic.  I also believe in the mighty power of suggestion and all jokes aside, whenever I see these on a menu, it’s one order for me please thank you.  Spring is my favorite time of year for food, everything grows in such abundance that certain vegetables are often harvested when they are young and at their most tender.

Earlier in the week I made some delicious chicken broth using ginger and chilies so when I saw all the sweet organic veggies at the market my mind began to wander, and then all I needed was noodles.  There’s a tiny market nearby that make homemade vermicelli that they don’t cut; it’s simply folded over and then packaged.  Each strand is about three feet long and is so delicately thin that cooking them within a broth is perfect.

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{Tender pieces of halibut lightly coated in sweet rice flour and stir-fried with ginger, garlic, soy, and citrus ponzu.}

When I saw this halibut in the market I couldn’t resist it’s charms.  It’s milky complexion, that sweet saline bouquet, I was powerless to it’s sorcery.  Oh, wicked fish your death was not in vein!  Your icy grave is a throne by which we mortals worship; come with me now — the finest soy derivatives await you!

This is the type of dish I frequently make — two main ingredients and then flavored with what I have fresh and handy. I always have garlic, ginger, limes, and Asian pastes and sauces.  I was craving those flavors anyhow so away I went with my trusty wok.

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{This belated Valentine tart more than made up for it’s tardy arrival.}

{I cant resist these, crispy thin charred shallots are the secret ingredient.}

I’ve been sitting on this post for weeks now, it seems I’m paralyzed by my own dim wits and flat can’t get it together. This is it, despite the state of things — it’s going up today.  I do have to admit, covering my face in shame, that I’m deeply entranced by the Big Brother feeds right now.  I can’t look away.  At this point I think I’m just waiting for them to start eating one another and last night I swear I saw cannibalism peek it’s cute little head through the front door before shyly scampering off.  He’ll be back, I’m sure of it and I’d better not miss a thing!

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{I can’t make any promises but, these icey cold Cantaloupe Rocket pops made from the sweetest juiciest melon in all the land and creamy whole milk yogurt just might help alleviate the crushing summer heat. Fine, I do promise!}

I bought three boxes of Popsicle molds the the other day; Rockets and Stars. The stars I made using the exact same method but with watermelon instead and they are not yet frozen and poised to be revealed unto you.

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{whole fish steamed with green onion and fresh ginger, a squeeze of lime, and a hint of soy, my oh my!}

I’m poking my head up from this hot summer to share my favorite thing to eat right now – sweet, tender, steamed fish. Cooked practically naked with only the clean flavors of ginger and green onion to enhance the natural sweetness of the fish; it’s just plain out of this world!

I have no excuse for my absence lately, except I’ve had my head firmly planted inside the John from Cincinnati message boards. I’ve gone flat cuckoo good and proper for it, has anyone else been watching? Besides that, there’s Big Brother 8 which is my all time summer guilty pleasure, oh hush! If not for spurts of work between message boards, my brains might spill right out of my ears. I figure if I eat fresh fish every day just maybe my synapses won’t deteriorate irrevocably.

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{here’s yoshii enjoying some faux sushi for breakfast, mmmm sticky}

First things first, this is Yoshii, he’s a rabbit. A talking rabbit! I know, isn’t he so cute? Shmart too. He knows all about air quality, stocks, weather, traffic, news, whathaveyou. He keeps me apprised of important emails, reads me my blog comments, and is considerate enough to shower me with random compliments which, however insincere, is always quite nice. But nevermind all that, he’s positively diligent in his life’s work and you need one plain and simple.

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This is Max’s brother Spahny. He’s so high on ribbons, bags, and crumpled paper in this video it’s rediculous. So embarrassing. He’s in rehab right now doing some ‘personal work’. Get a grip Spahny! Isn’t he cute?

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I have been all workey no play for the past few weeks. At the most unreasonable hours I’m at my desk computing away, tap tap, tappety, tap, tap. And faithfully, my little buddy Max here is always right there for me. Between his barely audable raspy miaows, the silly chirping, and pitiful whimpers I can hardly handle the pure unabashed cuteness. Highly illegal.
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Evidence of Noosh’s Bionic Fang ™ has finally been captured on film. After hunting all night, he subdued this wild can of albacore and cranked open it’s protective metal alloy shell the can using the fang that was installed by NASA as a test unit.

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