I think that at some point in time, most of us have openly defied our parents. When I was growing up I had friends who would skip school, or go out with boys their parents banned them from seeing. Some of them take up drinking and go out past their curfews. Me? My form of [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Homemade Prawn Balls
Posted in Cook, tagged asian food, food, prawn balls, prawns, recipe, seafood, shrimp balls on January 30, 2011 | 32 Comments »
Chinese Style (Fragrant Braised) Peanuts For Chinese New Year
Posted in Cook, tagged braised peanuts, chinese food, chinese new year, food, fragrant braised, nuts, peanuts, recipes, red braised, snacks, soy on January 27, 2011 | 27 Comments »
Is January really almost gone? I really thought that things would slow down after the Christmas holidays but oh how wrong I was! With the new job, days have gone by in a blur. Most of the time I’m meeting new people, learning new systems, products and before I know it, it’s past seven or [...]
Cocido Madrileño for Kulinarya Cooking Club
Posted in Cook, El Comedor, tagged cocido, cocido madrileno, food, la bola, main, meats, recipes, soup, spanish food, vegetables on January 23, 2011 | 34 Comments »
I’ll be honest, it was a bit of a struggle to come up with a “dish that I would most like to have for my birthday” for this month’s Kulinarya Cooking Club challenge. I have been so busy with the new job and getting everything ready for the sale of our old house, I hardly [...]
Quail Scotch Eggs
Posted in Cook, tagged appetizer, food, party food, quail eggs, recipes, sausage, scotch eggs on January 19, 2011 | 32 Comments »
I was introduced to Scotch Eggs by Rie, a dear family friend. I met her through my older sister who was in the same mother’s group and over the years we’ve come to think of her as a sister too. She took the scotch eggs to a dinner hosted by my sister one night [...]
How To Cure Salmon
Posted in Book Reviews, Cook, tagged bewora waters inn, canape, curing, dietmar sawyere, fish, ocean trout, recipe, salmon, table by the river on January 16, 2011 | 29 Comments »
There are New Year’s resolutions I make that I never keep, despite good intentions. The other day I realized it was already mid January and I still hadn’t gotten around to exercising, or reading my “book of the month”. Sometimes I think to myself, would it work if I made some Reverse New Year’s Resolutions [...]
Please Help Those Affected by The Queensland Floods
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged how to help, queensland floods on January 12, 2011 | 11 Comments »
It was really only a day or two ago I realized how badly I underestimated how much devastation has been brought about by the floods occurring in Queensland. Already, three quarters of the state has been declared a disaster zone. In September 2009 a typhoon hit the Philippines. My parents, were among those affected. The [...]
Olives Marinated in Orange and Thyme-infused Olive Oil
Posted in Cook, Uncategorized, tagged appetizer, citrus, food, jose andres, lemon, olives, orange, recipe, tapas, thyme on January 10, 2011 | 31 Comments »
My friends have been known to say that I like to complicate things. I once complained to my husband that there was too much sun coming into the bedroom window which was waking me up earlier than I wanted. I thought long and hard about how to fix this and finally I decided that [...]
Chicken Wings With Spicy Basque Ketchup
Posted in Cook, tagged basque cuisine, chicken, chicken wings, food, gerard hirigoyen, ketchup, pinxtos, piperade, recipes, spanish, spanish cuisine, tapas on January 6, 2011 | 49 Comments »
This, my friends, is going to be a very short post. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed the lack of any online presence lately… and there’s certainly a reason for my silence. First, my parents are around for another few weeks – and family always takes priority so I am trying to squeeze in as [...]
How To Make Tortilla Española (Spanish Potato Omelette)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged appetizer, eggs, food, gluten-free, onions, potato omelette, recipe, spanish dishes, spanish omelette, tapas on January 4, 2011 | 35 Comments »
Very early on Saturday, with my husband still in a deep slumber, I snuck out of bed, put on my thickest pair of socks and tiptoed down to the kitchen. I held my breath as I passed the guest room, fearing that even my breathing would be loud enough to be heard. The wagging [...]
Looking Back and Moving Forward plus Easy Roast Vegetable Cake
Posted in Bake, Cook, tagged egg dish, frittata, potato, pumpkin, ricotta, savoury cake, spinach, sweet potato, Vegetable Gateau, vegetarian on January 2, 2011 | 50 Comments »
What a year 2010 was! As I reflect on the year that’s just past, I can’t help but feel grateful (despite many, many stressful moments) to be where I am at this point in my life. My top five unforgettable moments this year: 1. Hong Kong in February for a girls only weekend. It was [...]
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