Fluffy Parker House rolls out of the oven

I have to keep baking to learn how to make my dough look smoother and divide them properly. But Parker House rolls this weekend! #ciacooksjerseycity

Filipino breakfast SpamSiLog = Spam with sinangag (fried rice) and itlog (egg)

My version of SpamSiLog 😀 🇵🇭 #ciacooksjerseycity

Old-fashioned beef stew

Old-fashioned beef stew tonight #ciacooksjerseycity

bowl of sausage, apple, and beans stew

bowls of sausage, apple, and beans stew

Tucking into a bowl of sausage, apple, and beans stew after that #NYCFC win and long commute back home. #ciacooksjerseycity

Prosciutto, pancetta, provolone on bread dough

Prosciutto, pancetta, provolone on bread dough, rolled, twisted

Prosciutto, pancetta, provolone inside bread dough

Prosciutto, pancetta, provolone inside bread dough

It’s not Mazola Bakery’s lard bread, but it’s pretty darn close! #ciacooksjerseycity

chicken au poivre with pappardelle

simmering chicken au poivre

My chicken au poivre with pappardelle is sooooo good #ciacooksjerseycity

My version of chirashi bowl when freshdirect has sushi-grade salmon, bluefin, & albacore “leftover cuts”; I soak dried shiitake mushrooms and then sauté them in soy and mirin; then I roll an egg to get that look; pickled shallots and dried seaweed to finish; sushi rice under! #ciacooksjerseycity

Roasted cod with parsley, garlic, and lemon

green beans with minced pork

Roasted cod with parsley, garlic, and lemon; green beans with minced pork. Both served with white rice. #ciacooksjerseycity

Homemade lemon curd for lemon bars

Lemon bars

Sit-down dinner party menu:
Dessert: Lemon bars
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roasted delicata squash

blistered green beans

Sit-down dinner party menu:
Veg: roasted delicata squash + blistered green beans
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Garlic-braised beef ribs over pappardelle

Garlic-braised beef ribs over pappardelle

Sit-down dinner party menu:
Main: Garlic-braised beef ribs over pappardelle
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Spanish tortilla

Via Corata’s insalata verde

Sit-down dinner party menu:
First course: Spanish tortilla + Via Corata’s insalata verde
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hot pot time with beef, scallops, mushrooms, tofu, and spinach

hot pot time with beef, scallops, mushrooms, tofu, and spinach

It’s-4F 🥶 outside, so it’s hot pot time inside with beef, scallops, mushrooms, tofu, and spinach. #ciacooksjerseycity

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes: sliced

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes: sliced

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes: with ham, bruschetta, mozzarella

Today’s project: Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes. #ciacooksjerseycity

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes: my first real dough balls

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes: after first rise

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes

Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes

Today’s project: Eric Kim’s maple milk bread from the NYTimes. Give me more winter vortex weekends and I’ll keep teaching myself to bake. #ciacooksjerseycity

chocolate chip cookies

Banged up my baking pan to make these really good chocolate chip cookies 🍪 #ciacooksjerseycity

cheddar beer bread rolls

cheddar beer bread rolls

inside of cheddar beer bread rolls

These cheddar beer bread rolls came out looking like buns because I’m still learning how to cut dough evenly, but they’re great with butter and some rock salt. Recipe from NYTimes. #ciacooksjerseycity

Portrait of an Anxious Amateur Baker: person agonizing in front of the oven while baking

Portrait of an Anxious Amateur Baker #ciacooksjerseycity

sesame scallion buns out of the oven

sesame scallion buns in chili oil

the inside of a sesame scallion bun

sesame scallion buns before going in the oven

I baked some sesame scallion buns while it continued to snow outside here in Jersey City, NJ. They’re
excellent with chili oil! #ciacooksjerseycity

Kitchen Aid 5-quart stand mixer in matte dried rose

Kitchen Aid 5-quart stand mixer sitting where all the other matte pink things are

My new toy, Rose, arrived last night. She’s soooo pretty! #ciacooksjerseycity

Filipino sinigang sour soup with pork spareribs, broccoli, and tomato

It’s soup time! #ciacooksjerseycity

a great salad from Genevieve Ko at NYT Cooking: salmon, farro, radicchio, cucumbers, dill; fried salmon skin on the side

Not pretty here, but a great salad from Genevieve Ko at NYT Cooking: salmon, farro, radicchio, cucumbers, dill. I pan-fried the salmon skin as topping #ciacooksjerseycity

Baked (not fried) chicken (thighs not breasts) parm

Baked (not fried) chicken (thighs not breasts) parm; looks like I can feed more than 2 us #ciacooksjerseycity

Chicken stir-fry with green beans in a wok

Chicken stir-fry with green beans #ciacooksjerseycity

fish” pie with cod, scallops, shrimp, peas, and leeks

Puff pastry cut in circles to make them look like fish scales

Fish pie cooked at 425F

A slice of fish pie with sour cream

Made a “fish” pie with cod, scallops, and shrimp. I cut the puff pastry in circles to mimic fish scales but they puffed LOLZ Still very good though! #ciacooksjerseycity

Leek dumplings, roasted seaweed, egg ribbons, in a clear dashi broth

toasted bagel with smoked whitefish schmear, capers, homemade pickled onions

For a little good luck this new year, a bowl of Korean mandu-guk for our first meal of the day; followed by toasted bagel with smoked whitefish schmear, capers, homemade pickled onions #ciacooksjerseycity

A paper plane cocktail in a Nick and Nora glass posing in front of a bowl of citruses and a vase of eucalyptus

It’s 5 o’clock… here in Jersey City! #ciacooksjerseycity

Paper Plane: Aperol, bourbon, amaro nonino in a coupe glass

Paper Plane: Aperol, bourbon, amaro nonino, lemon juice
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A whole red snapper on a vintage serving platter

Christmas and birthday red snapper ✌🏾 #ciacooksjerseycity

Frenched rack of lamb

Roasted potatoes with rosemary, carrots with sumac, and Frenched rack of lamb

Medium rare lamb for Christmas Eve

Christmas and birthday eve lamb ✌🏾 #ciacooksjerseycity