Ingredients + Condiments  1 pound fish filet (red snapper is a good choice) 1 teaspoon tumeric powder 2 finely chopped garlic cloves (or subsitute with garlic powder) dash of salt, white pepper and sugar 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 bunches green onions 1 bunch cilantro 1 bunch of mint 1/2 medium white or red onion 6 ounces of thin white …
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Support Your Local Artists
 A reader asked about a painting partially displayed in one of my ODJ pictures, and besides chatting about the latest fashion trends I could gab endlessly about art…but that would bore everyone to tears, so today I thought I’d just post a few photos of the paintings around my house. I do apologize for the poor quality of these pictures; …
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Recipe: Peanut Brittle
Ingredients + Materials 1 cup roasted sesame (you can roast it yourself or buy it roasted at Asian markets) 1 1/2 cups of unsalted roasted peanuts. Generic brands are better since they are smaller peanuts and thus easier to flatten later. 1 cup granulated sugar large wooden cutting board rolling pin large knife and something heavy like a pestle heavy …
Unlucky Charm
 Have you ever been on a flight where even your amateur eyes tell you the rickety plane’s propellers shouldn’t look bent? But you get on anyway, trembling, because if you didn’t, you might not find a way out of the jungle for another 2 weeks?   What about hopping on a crowded dinghy manned by 8 very drunk people on open seas with no life …
Recipe: Grilled Teriyaki Salmon
 Ingredients: 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce 1 minced garlic clove 1 tablespoons Ginger, grated 1/2 lime, juiced 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon chili paste 1 pinch of salt 1 teaspoon honey (optional) 2 pounds of salmon steak (beware of bones) with skin on or salmon filet  Directions: Mix all ingredients together except for the salmon to make the marinade. Marinate salmon in the mixture …