Monthly Archives for June 2012
Food and Cooking Myths 1
Do you know that method of testing if pasta is cooked by throwing a piece of it at your kitchen wall? Supposedly, if the pasta is cooked, it sticks to the wall. If it slides off, it’s underdone. I read … Continue reading
A Recipe for Roast Chicken with Lemongrass
I love all poultry. Chicken is my favourite kind of meat, particularly whole chickens that have been roasted until they’ve got that crisp, crackly, well-browned skin, succulent white meat glistening with all of its sizzling juices. You’ll have to pardon … Continue reading
Food Songs 01
Food is everywhere in my life. And as a testament to that fact, I’ve decided to revive a game that my friends and I used to play to keep ourselves awake during those after-lunch classes when everyone was sleepy and … Continue reading
Of Bananas and Potatoes
I woke up this morning craving French fries for breakfast, and was more than sated with this cuteness, instead. “Despicable Me 2,” in theatres, 2013.
A Crash Course on Fresh Eggs
My forays into the kitchen have been previously limited to two things: taking food out of the fridge and eating it. But since I no longer have access to my mother’s home cooking, and have realized that constantly eating out … Continue reading
First Date Food Don’ts
First dates. These can be some of the most nerve-wracking events of your romantic life (or lack thereof). This is especially true when you haven’t exactly been out there since your last cheating scum of a poor excuse of a … Continue reading
Arthur and His Knights Ate – Medieval Cooking
Way before Roger Federer posed for the Disney Portraits and Celine Dion sang “The Prayer” for the animated movie Camelot, the legends on the famous King Arthur and his infamous Knights of the Round Table already held a certain fascination … Continue reading
Chili-Garlic Chinese Fried Rice
Chinese fried rice is best made with day-old, long-grain rice. Crumble the rice with your fingers to separate the grains – this retains the flavours from the other ingredients you’ll be adding, it makes it easier to mix everything together … Continue reading
