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Tried it two weeks ago. It's ok, all I remember was I could barely taste the wasabi actually. It's so vaguely blah that I couldn't even remember if it was green tea/wasabi or grapefruit/wasabi. I think it's the former.
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Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
I think Phamily Foods is cute. Good luck on your new blog.
The Latest in Pierre Herme's World of Macarons
Tried it two weeks ago. It's ok, all I remember was I could barely taste the wasabi actually. It's so vaguely blah that I couldn't even remember if it was green tea/wasabi or grapefruit/wasabi. I think it's the former.
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
Oh...just realized you already named it. Good luck!
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
How about naming your blog: "Phamtastic cooking"
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
The Electric Strawberry!
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
Thank you all for your suggestions! I decided using the synonym of famished and came up with (Ravenous Couple: Cooking up Life) to include my sig other as she will be posting too...I just made my first post on Com Tam Suon Bi Cha (Vietnamese Broken Rice with Pork Chops). Don't want to be accused of flagrantly pimping my blog, but for those interested in this classic Vietnamese dish, the link to the blog is in my profile.
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
My goodness, what an insensitive, nasty and totally unnessessary way to be ushered into the "topics" area of SE or SE in general. Glad you stuck around! As you can see, not everyone is so anal. (oops, that might get ME censured!) As to your blog name question/request, how about "Pho Phusion"? "Phee, Phi, Pho, Pham"? That last one might be a bit hard to remember but phun nonetheless. Hmm..."Pho Phun"? Anyway, good luck and hope to hear from you again.
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
I love the idea "Phamished", simple, easy to remember, to the point, not at all boring. BTW, I'm new too, cooking at ya from Portland Oregon, for what's it's worth, I didn't take your post as a pitch, but we left coasters tend to be rather laid back not to mention thrilled to be asked for our opinion on anything. Sounds like a fun read... keep me in the loop when you start it I am always looking for new food ideas in the kitchen, (but do so off this board apparently).
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
You go girl! (I think your a girl...) Can't wait to see the site and read some of your moms recipes. As far as names are concerned, isn't it a good idea to also have in the title the type of food? So when people google VN food your site will pop up? My only experience is with my dogs web site and I made sure to put in her breed name in the title so everytime the breed name pops up so does her site. Could be different with food blogs, don't anyone bite my head off...
I've been reading this site for a while now and this is the first time I have seen a "Keeper of the Rules" pop up. Seems to me there are lots of us out here that don't have that specific rule book. I look forward to seeing your site and I hope you will post a link on here when it's up and running. Good luck!
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
You could also go "Green Eggs and Pham." I'm feeling the Dr. Seuss vibe this morning.
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
@kumasi46 - Absolutely. So welcome to SE and so sorry that your first post had to be about common sense politeness we all should have learned long ago. I am here to learn from and share with everyone, regardless if you have been posting for years, or if it is your first post! No on has to court me or comment a certain number of times before I will answer a topic question of theirs. Each and every one of us has something to bring to SE - that's what is so great about this community. So, there's no need to be nervous, with at least most of us here I think. Please, share away.
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
OK, now I'm nervous. First time poster, and not because I'm shy, but because I haven't had anything to say. I read lots of blogs/food sites, but hadn't realized, except for the no spamming, no commercial posting, that there was etiquette, except general politeness. If this is a community, shouldn't we be more welcoming?
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
@bananamonkey...I, too, hung out in the shadows of this site that I found last summer. I just contributed in March and was very timid about it. I enjoy gleaning and sharing and I think we might remember "The Golden Rule" before we type (my mom was a congregational Baptist-sorry). Welcome, @hppzz, good luck and maybe you will share more about yourself and your cooking here as well as your blog.
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
@hppzz... For what it is worth, I'm with Ed on "Phamished" one word, short and sweet, with the benefit of being easy to remember.
As far as the other hubub is concerned Hong, don't be offended. The people here are great (with me being the greatest of course) and usually pretty friendly. Feel free to post early and often, as your comments and topics are always welcome!
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
@BananaMonkey: There's been a call for a sort of n00b's guide or FAQ for a while now. I actually have to block out some time to draft one to help avoid situations like this. Thanks for listing some of the questions you'd like to see answered. I've had some of those rattling around in my head, but others I didn't think of.
@hppzz: Welcome to Serious Eats—or to posting on it at least. The community is usually much more welcoming than this. Hope this thread doesn't deter you from posting again!
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
db, i don't think greenbean was referring to you. i think greenbean was referring to the original response to the post. or perhaps also to people who share the same mindset as that contained in the initial response.
i love pham-tastic!
Yet Another Food Blog: help me name it
The problem I see (and it's just my eyes) with "Phamily" is that since it's not a real word, my internal spell-check wants to read it as "Pharmacy."
How about Pham-tastic Food?
@_greenbean, which "you" do you mean? The OP? Or if you were responding to the post just above your comment, that would be me, and I'm not sure what you found in that that was particularly offensive.
The Latest in Pierre Herme's World of Macarons
Oooh, I second the Pistacia Vera recommendation. Wonderful macarons and pastries. I am partial to the apple and rosemary tart. Some of their sweets are available for national delivery, I think...
The Latest in Pierre Herme's World of Macarons
If you are seriously into macarons you should look out for the best-selling Macaroon Swoon by French pastry chef Stephane Glacier, MOF. Even though it's a lot more expensive than Hermes' book (it's $126.95 from Kerekes), it has sold more than 40,000 copies in France. His basil macaron with tomato gelee is the next one on my list to make.
A good online source for macarons (and madeleines) is MadMac one of whose founder is Florian Bellanger who used to be the exec PC at Fauchon here in NY.
A little bit of macaron history from the MadMac site:
The Macaron cookie was born in Italy, introduced by the chef of Catherine de Medicis in 1533 at the time of her marriage to the duc d'Orleans who became king of France in 1547 as Henry II. The term "macaron" has the same origin as the word "macaroni" -- both mean "fine dough".
The first Macarons were simple cookies, made of almond powder, sugar and egg whites. Many towns throughout France have their own prized tale surrounding this delicacy. In Nancy, the granddaughter of Catherine de Medici was supposedly saved from starvation by eating Macarons. In Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the macaron of chef Adam regaled Louis XIV and Marie-Therese at their wedding celebration in 1660.
Only at the beginning of the 20th century did the Macaron become a "double-decker" affair. Pierre Desfontaines, the grandson of Louis Ernest Laduree (Laduree pastry and salon de the, rue royale in Paris) had the idea to fill them with a "chocolate ganache" and to stick them together.
The Latest in Pierre Herme's World of Macarons
if you ever happen to be in columbus, ohio and love macarons, then do yourself a favor and stop at pistacia vera in german village. i dicovered it last weekend and their macarons are divine.
The Latest in Pierre Herme's World of Macarons
@DaveRud: Damn, I need to get me some freshly grated wasabi.
@Pim: Aw, I'm sad to hear it tasted blah. I feel like his savory flavors tend to be not blah, but kind of enjoyable in a weird way. I WANT TO TASTE A RAINBOW!
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I think Phamily Foods is cute. Good luck on your new blog.