Brandy BarnesMar 8, 20223 min readpiping bag lessons with a drag queen10/2/2021 before i begin this post, i'd like to share with everyone that i'm currently drinking beer and watching dante's peak. almost 5...
Brandy BarnesJan 6, 20223 min readtortilla soup/how i've come to love humidity.Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup 2 cans diced tomatoes 1 box low sodium chicken broth 1 carrot, rough cut 1 onion, rough cut 1 anaheim pepper,...
Brandy BarnesJan 27, 20211 min reada short stack about some recipes that i like and had no part in writing
Brandy BarnesJan 20, 20212 min readpear pickle with sichuan and loquat/2020 accomplishments/mental health is cool, y'allthis past week, the restaurant has reopened to 25% capacity and we have relaunched into [kind of] normal [chef] hours. i wish i could...
Brandy BarnesJan 20, 20211 min readworry3/16/2020 I had a very difficult time sleeping last night. The sudden, violent eruption of a child’s cough from downstairs came up...
Brandy BarnesJan 20, 20215 min readcoffee steak terror/why i now have knife skills (ptsd)/tomato jammay, 2016 i have filed a lot of recipes under ‘successes’, and quite a few more under ‘failures’. when i was living in yosemite, food...
Brandy BarnesJan 20, 20218 min readdrunk in a banana tree/more taco pop up shenanigansjune, 2016 the climate in yangshuo is similar to that of a southern summer: the bugs sing in a loud, near-drunk hum from the trees and...
Brandy BarnesJan 20, 20217 min readlive fish in a grocery bag/taco pop up excitementjune, 2016 the day of the mexican night pop up was manageable chaos. it had received a lot of hype- which by yangshuo standards means...
Brandy BarnesJan 19, 20212 min readrecent history of guanxi cuisineAbout Guangxi Cuisine The Guangxi province is one of the poorest in China, but boasts a stunning landscape full of limestone towers that...
Brandy BarnesJan 19, 202110 min readthe return journeyChina, July 2017. There’s this short stretch of road between Yangshuo and the Fairland tea plantation that smells of pine trees. I have...