Underhill-Lounge

Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA

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Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant

15 May, 2008 (09:07) | Food | No comments

Dearest Vegetarian Friends and Sympathizers,
As you may know, even though I am not a vegetarian, one of my pet peeves is bad vegetarian food. There is no excuse for much of the pathetically inedible and not tasty food which passes for vegetarian in the US.
I blame the hippies.
In any case, I recently dined at [...]

Sweet Potato, Parsnip, and Tofu Curry

25 February, 2008 (07:43) | Weeknight Dinner | No comments

Another easy, old favorite. You can make it with any root vegetables you like.
You’ll need a couple sweet potatoes, a couple parsnips, tofu, an onion, 3 tomatoes, a few cloves of garlic, an inch piece of fresh ginger root and curry powder.
I usually make my own curry powder by toasting 1 teaspoon of whole [...]

Soup Noodles

11 December, 2007 (21:21) | Cocktails, Weeknight Dinner | No comments

Well, that isn’t Soup Noodles, it’s a Fourth Degree Cocktail:
2 oz Junipero
1/2 oz M&R Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz Dolin Vermouth
Dash Absinthe
Lemon Peel
Stir with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel over drink.
I just love how you can see the little droplets of lemon oil on the surface of the drink.
The original drink from [...]