A recipe slam is what I called this inspired post since it was really a hodgepodge of ingredients. Thinking of ways to use the harissa that my partner had been gifted, it was definitely one of the ingredients that I thought to have in this mix. However, in hindsight, the real star of the show … Continue reading »
Flavour, to the best of my opinion, has always had to be “bursting” or “invigorating” or something similarly bombastic. All the light-hearted dishes I made could fall somewhere along this end of the spectrum. While I always welcome a dish that’s refreshingly light, such as a crunchy, wilted salad no more than raw and touched … Continue reading »
There must be no coincidence that oyako don is a dish that literally translates into “parent-child donburi”, and the fact that this is the first whole week in a few months that I’ve been at home without bunking at friend’s for more than 3 nights consecutively (I have that habit). This week being a week … Continue reading »
In my day incarnation as a web editor, I schedule, brainstorm and try beyond normal capacity, to be interesting, and to find interesting things with which to publish. Being interesting and being able to find interesting things, I figured out none too soon, are two very different things. I know of people who are interesting. … Continue reading »
Usually when it comes to procuring items for use in the kitchen, I apply neither restrictions nor limits. I get a giddy high when purchasing pots and pans, and an equal devilish delight in massaging fruits and coaxing bottles of condiments into my grocery basket. When I came by this product, like two eyes meeting … Continue reading »
O Inspiration, how cruel you’ve been! You are a husband never on time while the dinner grows cold; a son who wanders never to come home; it’s been rather hushed around here. While you were gone, I prepared dinner. Simplicity belies its delicious nature: good to eat, ready for you, a piping hot plate of … Continue reading »
