Tag Archives: cooking
Comfort food
So obviously I’m not Italian. Nor do I have an Italian grandmother. But sometimes a little homemade pasta goes a long way to making one feel good. Tomato sauce recipe: Take a good 8-10 good sized tomatoes. Blanch quickly in … Continue reading
Stealing from your betters
I’m a thief. Look at how well written and pretty the ladies (or specifically Jen) of Beijing Hao Chi made lemon curd look. Their blog is so well photographed and written, its difficult not to rip off. Plus. . .LEMON … Continue reading
Thai Cooking in Shanghai
More than a quarter of my extended family lives in Thailand or grew up in the country. We’re not Thai Chinese at all – just Hong Kong Chinese who moved to Thailand, but we’ve been connected with the country for … Continue reading
Today’s edition of cooking with youusedtobealright
I have three cookbooks at home (well, three western cookbooks) – one is Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook , Thomas Keller’s beautiful ad hoc at home (which I’d love to cook through recipe by recipe, if I didn’t live in … Continue reading
inspiration from the north
so i saw this post over at beijing hao chi about making duck a l’orange using a rice cooker and it gave me an idea. well the idea was to make duck a l’orange – except instead of using my … Continue reading
eating in singapore: sandra’s paella
it wasn’t all roti, chicken rice, satay, and singaporian food. on saturday night, my good friend sandra prepared paella (and i made an apple crumble) and we ate by the pool at her apartment complex.
posh is for breakfast
ikea. cheap gravlax. cheap caviar. gravlax mustard sauce. founder’s bagels. philly lite cream cheese.
cooking with kraft foods
my aunt pauline is famous for her lime jell-o cheesecake. it’s an awfully midwestern dish to be served up by a family from hong kong – but as i understand, it’s been handed down for, well at least a decade … Continue reading
No one in the world ever gets what they want And that is beautiful
me? i have horrible food presentation skills. this is a super tasty roasted thyme chicken dish with hollandaise sauce (yes! i even held the egg yolk over a double boiler and kept it at temperature!) i really need to learn … Continue reading