I thought I might give some small little items for my loyal readers, some who have been reading about me from 2008. It’s been a wonderful journey and during the holidays, I’m always very thankful that I have a core readership, I have still have an ability to impact others, and I still finding cooking … Read more
I know – I have been remiss. I will only say that I’ve been sleeping very little, working very long, cooking lots, raising kids, which means that you, poor reader, have fallen much to the wayside. Mea culpa. It’s been a hard trek these past few weeks and it doesn’t look like it will get … Read more
I’m notoriously diligent about eating up leftovers in my house. By eating up, I mean that food gets consumed, and I try to spread that burden to more than just me. Everyone in our house shares in the leftover consumption. This evening for example, I pretty much depleted the rest of the leftovers that I … Read more
I did a quick timed giveaway this time, and in that respect I also forgot to remind my winners basic rules regarding giveaways – namely, let me know how to email you the app. My winners… Lisa – counting down to KoreaYumMum – coutning down to kids’ holidayHJ – counting down to CaliforniaAnonymous – counting … Read more
The awesome and generous folks at Skyhorse Publishing contacted me asking me if I’d be interested in reviewing a cookbook or two and offered to sponsor a giveaway of not one, not two, not three but FIVE copies of the cookbook Seafood: Specatcular Recipes for Every Season by Par-Andrews Bergqvist and Andres Engvall. I excitedly … Read more
For JA – my partner in crime, and SN and SH – best backups ever. For Husband and his patience. Part of the reason for my long extended silence on the blog had to do with the explosion of my life called the book fair. It’s a time of year which Husband dreads because I … Read more
The folks over at Golden Grain Pasta asked me to join their “Taste of Home” contest and I agreed, if only to submit my Kimchi Mac and Cheese dish to their competition. I know, it’s not everyone’s idea of home, but for many kimchi lovers, the idea of kimchi and mac and cheese make sense … Read more
My oldest was born by midwife. There was a doctor who showed up at the end, but all he did was verify that my child was intact and whole. The midwife is the woman I remember encouraging me, trying to keep me comfortable, and monitoring me the whole way. When I cried out in pain, … Read more
Like the best creative moments which are built upon many disparate elements coming together to make something far more than the individual components, this tea cake is a product of many random occurrences. It started with my friend HL, from another city far away sending me a video of a cake making demonstration and pictures … Read more
As a reader of books, I never loved dystopian literature. I always found myself feeling very uncomfortable and at odds with what happened in the book. Whenever the normal life in books veered off into a twisted form of reality, my guts and insides convulsed with the plot When firemen burned books Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit … Read more