Anger is the Best Sauce
A food blog for hangry people.
Bianca James
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Birthday
- April 21
- Title
- Anger Is The Best Sauce
- Bio
- Japanophile, foodie, libertine.
These posts originally appeared at: angeristhebestsauce.blogspot.com. Also check out my non-foodie blog, biancajames.blogspot.com
This is a multi-author blog, not all posts are written by me.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Eat Your Greens
March 02, 2010 04:43PM - Starbucks breeds coffee
narcissists
November 17, 2009 04:04PM - Milwaukee is hella great!
November 16, 2009 10:27AM - Stuff I have eaten and drunk
lately
November 13, 2009 10:50AM
October 27, 2009 09:50PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Rum is the beverage for
summer! I really love Trader
Vic's
maitais and their
ilk,…”
May 22, 2009 09:49AM - “Well if she didn't
before, she probably will
now!
The fact that
the mom has a
tota…”
May 20, 2009 03:25AM - “Yes, I do know what
figging is, and no, you didn't
need to go
there. (I prefer
my…”
April 27, 2009 07:12AM
Bianca James's Links
- My other blog is a blog
- School For Scandal
- Anger Is The Best Sauce
MARCH 2, 2010 4:43PM
Eat Your Greens
I am willing to stipulate that McDonalds barely
qualifies as food anymore. And the abuse meted out there is less
amusing than the sass at Weiner Circle. However, McDonalds will
always have my number because they make the Shamrock Shake. They're
only available for a few weeks in March here in/…
NOVEMBER 17, 2009 4:04PM
Starbucks breeds coffee narcissists
Here's a controversial admission: I go to Starbucks sometimes, like
today, when I wanted a breakfast sandwich. (Usually I go to the Ing
Direct Cafe where I can get Peets for $1, but their sandwiches blow
and it's about the same price to get a sandwich and coffee at
Sbux).
Here's what…
Here's what…
NOVEMBER 16, 2009 10:27AM
Milwaukee is hella great!
Milwaukee is pretty much an awesome day trip if you live in
Chicago, because it's only 1.5 hrs away from Chicago, and it's a
lot like Chicago while not being Chicago. That is to say, a fun
Midwestern town with lots of hipster stuff and yummy food.
I somehow never managed to…
I somehow never managed to…
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 10:50AM
Stuff I have eaten and drunk lately
It's been a while since I've done a proper update because shit has
been crazy, but I think it's time to SHARE!
1.
I have drastically cut back my alcohol consumption for personal reasons lately, but I am still willing to make an exception for certain things, such as Ben Schiller's cocktails…
1.
I have drastically cut back my alcohol consumption for personal reasons lately, but I am still willing to make an exception for certain things, such as Ben Schiller's cocktails…
Last week, Bianca and I went to Tre Kronor, a place I had driven
past many times, but never visited. Swedish cuisine is the food of
my childhood Christmases, so I have fairly high standards. Hell, I
don't even like Italian meatballs because they taste wrong to me.
Meatballs are my…
I have reservations at Schwa tonight with some mysterious Chicago
Food bloggers. I am excited. That is all!
JULY 20, 2009 5:05PM
Iron Cupcake Challenge!
I'm going to participate, should be fun. I just hope the challenges
don't get too esoteric.
JULY 20, 2009 10:32AM
This is Chicago, not Communist Russia
In the 3+ years I've lived in Chicago, I've eaten at Hot Doug's ONCE. That's because it's always either CLOSED at the owner's whim, or the line looks like the photo above.
To the unacquainted, Hot Doug's is sort of a Chicago Legend- they serve traditional Chicago style hot dogs, but also/…
JULY 19, 2009 4:13PM
Having a foodie moment
Todays lupper:
arugula tossed w/ lemon juice and olive oil, pepper, petit basque and parmesan cheeses
goat cheese, fig, pistachio and red onion in phyllo dough
roasted wild caught salmon
chocolate souffle w/ whipped cream (trying the trader joe's kind which comes in an actual ceramic ramekin
Tomorrows bre…
arugula tossed w/ lemon juice and olive oil, pepper, petit basque and parmesan cheeses
goat cheese, fig, pistachio and red onion in phyllo dough
roasted wild caught salmon
chocolate souffle w/ whipped cream (trying the trader joe's kind which comes in an actual ceramic ramekin
Tomorrows bre…
JULY 9, 2009 10:23AM
Can't buy me love
Now that I'm no longer writing doing promotional writing about boozing (to my credit, most of the places and things I wrote about I genuinely liked), I feel like I have a greater license to openly mock stuff in the booze industry that I find abhorrent. Wait, I used to do/…
JULY 7, 2009 3:53PM
Mo' summer eats (and drinks)
I have not been blogging much lately because I have a 9-5 job and a gym membership now. Technically I could take advantage of downtime at work to blog, but I usually don't. But today I am!
I am trying to cut back on my booze consumption since 2008 was sort of/…
JUNE 7, 2009 6:11PM
Summer in Chicago
I have discovered I might have an intolerance for chicken, of all
things. I barely ate chicken for about 2 months because Chef
Ex-Boyfriend hates it, and I'm largely indifferent to it unless
it's fried. Anyway I had a buffalo chicken sandwich at the Cobra
lounge last weekend and proceeded to…
JUNE 3, 2009 11:46PM
Sad times for a foodie
My culinary adventuring has been somewhat on hiatus lately for two
reasons:
1. Chef Boyfriend is now Chef Ex Boyfriend.
2. I'm giving up (most) white sugar and (all) white flour for the month of June to attempt to drop some of the 60 odd pounds I have gained since moving to Chicago.…
1. Chef Boyfriend is now Chef Ex Boyfriend.
2. I'm giving up (most) white sugar and (all) white flour for the month of June to attempt to drop some of the 60 odd pounds I have gained since moving to Chicago.…
MAY 26, 2009 9:35PM
Fuck, I want some!
Nutella, whiskey and candied bacon ice cream.
I want to hate the whole bacon trend, but bacon is really that good. Although I prefer it straight up, no chaser.
HT to Rachel KB.
I want to hate the whole bacon trend, but bacon is really that good. Although I prefer it straight up, no chaser.
HT to Rachel KB.
MAY 22, 2009 11:50AM
Meat wrapped in dough!
Last weekend Christo made me what I dubbed a "greek burrito"- lamb,
peas and carrots seasoned with cinnamon and wrapped in phyllo. He
also breaded the leftovers and fried them the next day served with
a port reduction, which I thought was overkill but one does not
question Chef Boyfriend's culinary…
MAY 22, 2009 1:30AM
My favorite new DIY cocktails
Reed's ginger beer+rum (with fresh lime and grated ginger).
Mango jarritos+rum
Rice milk+ rum (Yvonne dubbed this a "White Asian," but it tastes like Brandy Milk Punch)
hmmm, I think I like rum. I blame Val, Cat, and James.
Mango jarritos+rum
Rice milk+ rum (Yvonne dubbed this a "White Asian," but it tastes like Brandy Milk Punch)
hmmm, I think I like rum. I blame Val, Cat, and James.
MAY 22, 2009 1:21AM
Wanted: Anatomy of an Amish romance novel
I just posted a review of an Amish romance novel at my other blog here.
Enjoy!
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming. Read full post »
MAY 21, 2009 7:32PM
I feel trashy for admitting this, but...
raspberry jam on a peanutbutter cookie is the bomb!
MAY 21, 2009 7:16PM
Lunch
I've decided sub-par food photography is the hallmark of
this blog.That's rice pasta topped with shrimp, sliced marinated yellow peppers, a sauce made of tomato/pepper soup reduced with cream and plymouth gin, and topped with shredded greek cheese.
MAY 20, 2009 12:02AM
Drinky fun at IWSB '09
MAY 15, 2009 5:52PM
Stuff I've cooked recently
1. making peanut butter cookies using the "from a machine" peanut butter at whole foods and raw sugar results in a very different texture than expected, though it grew on me. I told Christo they turned out weird, then offered to bring him some and he said "you make a lousy/…
MAY 15, 2009 12:42AM
Awesome stuff I've eaten in the past month or so...PART ONE
This is to kind of make up for the last post. I've had a lot of incredible meals in previous weeks and I wanted to catch up and discuss STUFF I'VE BEEN EATING. But this has to be a two-parter because I have a lot to catch up on.
MEALS OUT:
Brasserie Jo
Chef/…
MAY 4, 2009 12:47AM
The great culinary disappointment that is Chicago
It seems the more I eat out in Chicago, the less impressed I am by
the food. ESPECIALLY the mid/high end stuff. It's so easy to drop a
huge wad of money on dinner and come out with maybe one of two
things that were excellent and the rest that's an…
APRIL 27, 2009 6:48AM
Birthday goodies!
My friend Julia and I had our joint birthday party Saturday night,
with a mustache/unibrow theme (the majority of guests sported
either a mustache and or a unibrow, mine were made from red
glitter)
We sort of like like creepy female reincarnations of John Waters and Divine here.
Anyhow, Julia's…
We sort of like like creepy female reincarnations of John Waters and Divine here.
Anyhow, Julia's…
APRIL 24, 2009 6:37PM
Awesome chef tip
Dating a chef is a double-edge knife, if you will- one one hand
he's always telling me I chop things wrong, on the other hand, he
can show me how to chop things right.
The one tip that he's given me that's been invaluable is peeling fresh ginger with the tip of…
The one tip that he's given me that's been invaluable is peeling fresh ginger with the tip of…
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