Category Archives for Food
A Side of Grilled Mushrooms
Mushrooms have been a part of my diet ever since I could remember. My mom has always believed in practising the whole “eat your vegetables” thing, and while mushrooms are fungi, they fall under the “healthy foods” category. Hence their … Continue reading
A Crash Course on Hygienic Food Preparation
You’d think these things just require common sense, but sometimes, even the smartest chef can overlook or neglect the rules of basic hygienic food preparation. So to remind everyone that there’s no sense in cooking up the most delicious storm … Continue reading
Absolut Kurant Weekends
It’s a Monday, and memories of magic weekends still haunt me: particularly one when a tipsy friend came over at midnight, clutching a full bottle of Absolute Kurant to her chest like a lifeline. This fruity vodka is one of … Continue reading
“Too Many Cooks” and Nero Wolfe
I grew up on murder-mystery books, starting with the hardbound Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series back in grade school. Then when I was in High School, I discovered Perry Mason, Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and in college, the … Continue reading
Going Fried Bananas
Bananas, as I’ve been told since I was a kid, are one of the best fruits – an excellent source of potassium, plus banana peels are extremely useful (from WiseBread). When we were younger, both my mom and my grandmother … Continue reading
Good Times: The Classic Apple Pie
I mentioned “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music in a recent post. Some of the lines in the song go, “Cream-coloured ponies and crisp apple strudel, doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles.” Now, not being from … Continue reading
A Crash Course on Picking Out Ripe Watermelons
Quite literally, picking out ripe watermelons from the unripe ones at your local farmer’s or at a supermarket can be quite tricky. This is especially true for ignorant shoppers like me who used to choose the watermelons with the stripes … Continue reading
My Cup of Tea
There are those days when, for no particular reason, I feel like the stuff that bottom-feeders eat. Worse, I feel like the stuff that the stuff that bottom-feeders eat grow on. It’s these days when I just want to curl … Continue reading
A Quick and Easy Recipe for Cake Pops
I’ve already said that I want to learn how to make cake pops for my niece. And since I figured it’d be rather tricky getting the decorating right, I’d start by practicing on simpler cake pop designs first, kind of … Continue reading
A Child, “Cars” and Cake Pops
I have a six-year-old niece. She’s incredibly smart and inquisitive, always asking questions and saying things that other six-year-olds wouldn’t normally think of. When she was four, a grown-up friend of ours asked her if he could have some of … Continue reading
