To continue with the previous post topic, our little part of the Family of Food went to the Big Girl Small Kitchen book signing at Vroman's Bookstore.
Husband of Food and I picked up the twins from a long day of outdoor play and headed to Pasadena.
A culinary good omen... The Nom Nom truck was in the Vroman's parking lot on the way in. We had never before tried Bahn Mi, a Vietnamese Sandwich, so we figured we would stop by. The girls were excited to get food from a vehicle. We ordered a Pork Bahn Mi and a Lemongrass Chicken Taco to share. Both were quite good and we agreed that the best part was the sweet marinated carrot and daikon radish topping to the sandwich. If I see the Nom Nom truck again, I'd like to explore the menu further. http://nomnomtruck.com/
I was excited to get to the reading, so I popped upstairs while the family finished off the Nom Nom. To review; in case you haven't been following every FOF post, Big Girls Small Kitchen is a food blog for young people who are interested in cooking. Daughter of Food (me) is distantly related to one of the Big Girls. The Big Girls, Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine, shared stories from the book such as how their Magazine club started a regular dinner party and spawned many recipies found in the book. They answered questions about how they took their blog to book form (something Family of Food was interested in) and what kind of equipment they use - a good chef's knife was one piece they treasured, but no specific brand was recommended. Then the authors passed around homemade chocolate chip cookies and signed copies of their cookbook.
After the reading, I introduced myself to my cousin Phoebe and we chatted a bit about our family and their obsessions with food and cooking. My kids who had been shopping the bookstore with their Dad came over and tried some of the cookies.
I am looking forward to making some of the recipes out of my new signed copy of the cookbook. I almost made "resignation brownies" for this post, but then Mother in Law of Food brought brownie bites over. Ah well, another chance to cook a BGSK recipe will present itself soon.
It's good to have family and even better to have a Family of Food.
Husband of Food and I picked up the twins from a long day of outdoor play and headed to Pasadena.
A culinary good omen... The Nom Nom truck was in the Vroman's parking lot on the way in. We had never before tried Bahn Mi, a Vietnamese Sandwich, so we figured we would stop by. The girls were excited to get food from a vehicle. We ordered a Pork Bahn Mi and a Lemongrass Chicken Taco to share. Both were quite good and we agreed that the best part was the sweet marinated carrot and daikon radish topping to the sandwich. If I see the Nom Nom truck again, I'd like to explore the menu further. http://nomnomtruck.com/
I was excited to get to the reading, so I popped upstairs while the family finished off the Nom Nom. To review; in case you haven't been following every FOF post, Big Girls Small Kitchen is a food blog for young people who are interested in cooking. Daughter of Food (me) is distantly related to one of the Big Girls. The Big Girls, Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine, shared stories from the book such as how their Magazine club started a regular dinner party and spawned many recipies found in the book. They answered questions about how they took their blog to book form (something Family of Food was interested in) and what kind of equipment they use - a good chef's knife was one piece they treasured, but no specific brand was recommended. Then the authors passed around homemade chocolate chip cookies and signed copies of their cookbook.
After the reading, I introduced myself to my cousin Phoebe and we chatted a bit about our family and their obsessions with food and cooking. My kids who had been shopping the bookstore with their Dad came over and tried some of the cookies.
I am looking forward to making some of the recipes out of my new signed copy of the cookbook. I almost made "resignation brownies" for this post, but then Mother in Law of Food brought brownie bites over. Ah well, another chance to cook a BGSK recipe will present itself soon.
It's good to have family and even better to have a Family of Food.
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