Chinese New Year is today, Monday, January 23, 2012; and it will be the beginning of the year of the Dragon. I’m pretty excited this year because my parents are here and we get to celebrate it together for the first time after a long time being apart. This type of celebration is truly felt [...]
Eating sweetened tangyuan or onde-onde (in Bahasa Indonesia) during Chinese Winter Solstice Festival may become a yearly occurrence now. Before my parents moved close to me, I didn’t always remember to make onde-onde in the month of December; or sometimes I was too lazy to make some. But now, my mom is my motivation to [...]
I finally had a time to bake sweets for Christmas…ah, the joy of having two-week break from work. It gave me a motivation to bake, it prepared me to be ready for Christmas. Thus the sweet is aptly named Christmas almond truffle bars. I’ve made this actually years before, don’t remember anymore if I’ve ever [...]
I shared this tart with my Bunco friends a few weeks ago. Rich, chocolaty, and creamy; those three words pretty much summed up the end result. There’s so much to write but I’m still finding the time; it’s been a long week and busy month. I’ll leave with a recipe to share, though. Until later. [...]
Chicken Pot Pies
My son has been begging for me to make chicken pot pies for dinner this weekend. His list of dishes to be served for the dinner was quite long; from the main dish, side dishes, to dessert and drink but I wasn’t too keen to make all of them since I had a full and...
Beet Cheese Tart
I used to cook beet dish only for myself; now I have partners in crime, my parents. They will try my food as well, though I’m not quite sure if they like all of it. Sometimes what I cook will be too radically different than what they are accustomed to eat. Take this beet cheese...
Crispy Asparagus Balls with Pasta in Marinara Sauce
Boy, these past few weeks were thrown at me at full force. Between two rounds of antibiotics–though not consecutively–to combat awful bacterial infection, I was invited to a friend’s graduation picnic and I had to show up for orientation & training for a new job. The graduation picnic left me momentously happy since it marked...
Three satays
So I was presented with a question: what type of satay do you want to eat? My answer was: all of the three. I will have the basic chicken satay, the most flavorful one that is sweet pork satay, and let’s not forget tempe satay, a tried-and-true recipe that is simple to make with typical...
Bamboo Shoots with Dried Squid, Shrimp and Pork
There is no stopping my mom from cooking. She is continually recreating familiar dishes after another, essentially flooding my palate with taste of childhood memories. A spoonful of a particular dish could transport me back to my grandparents’s house where I roamed in the yard, clad in tank top and shorts, playing in a hot...
Monkeying around in the kitchen
Here are some recent explorations from my kitchen (with occasional help from Mom): Chicken Pesto pizza, a relatively simple pizza made from store-bought pesto, grilled chicken, mozzarella and Provolone cheeses. New Haven White Clam pizza, a new favorite of my son and I. I can’t believe how simple it is to make this pizza, much...
Shrimp, Corn and Avocado Tostadas
Everyone is talking about green and yellow and black and yellow for the upcoming game on Sunday. You know what it is, it is the Super Bowl XLV. What you eat or nibble during the game is equally important. Perhaps this shrimp, corn, and avocado tostadas will satisfy the hunger for something crunchy, salty,...
Chinese Style Stewed Meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs are comfort food, Italian style. Stewed meatballs and rice are comfort food, Chinese style. Either one is very welcome in my family and I decided to make one this week. It’s a pretty straightforward dish, pair it with one or two other stir-fried dish to serve for a family meal. Chinese Style...
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Sue B. on Sesame Seed Brittle
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Lainie on Christmas Almond Truffle Bars
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Ira Rodrigues on Christmas Stollen
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Tuty on Bittersweet Truffle Tart
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