Category: Food

  • Berry Tart

    Another dish from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything. So, I had no intention of making a berry tart over the weekend. However, I was at Costco and decided to buy some berries. For variety, I picked up a package of blackberries. For some reason, no one else was interested in eating the blackberries and…

  • Korean Pancake (Pa Jun)

    I first discovered the Korean pancake while watching the free Not Your Grandmother’s Pancake podcast on iTunes. In it, Mark Bittman prepares a Korean-style savory pancake. The recipe is available from the New York Times. I used the one from How to Cook Everything. Anyways, I’ve been making this dish every weekend now for breakfast…

  • Key Lime Pie

    Voila! Key lime pie in a clear, pyrex “pie tin.” I should really have saved the tins from all the pies that I have bought at Marie Callender’s all these years.

  • Key Lime Pie

    I tried out the key lime pie recipe from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything. I was attempting to make pie for the first time, so the end product was a bit “rustic.” No question that the pie was definitely home made. Graham Cracker Crumbs. First, I started making the graham cracker crust. The food…

  • How to Cook Everything

    Luckily, the New Year is still a few weeks away. Although I had pledged earlier to stop buying cookbooks without mouth-watering photos, I think I am excused this once. Breaking a 2009 resolution in 2008 doesn’t count. Anyways, the book that led me astray was How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. So far, I…

  • The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook

    I love that the Martha Stewart Living Cookbook offers a broad range of recipes. If I am looking for some basic recipe, I can find it (or something similar) inside. However, I hate that this cookbook is not inspirational. I want a cookbook that inspires creativity and arouses the senses. In other words, I want…

  • Starbucks Vivanno

    When I think smoothie, I think Jamba Juice. I find that the taste and texture of their smoothies are spot on every time. Their smoothies remain nice and thick long after I have departed the store. I really wish the frappuchino drinks at Starbucks had a similar consistency. Occasionally the frappuchinos are well mixed. However,…

  • Cuisinart ICE-20 Ice Cream Maker

    Last month, Newsweek ran a piece on Six of the Most Fattening Ice Cream Flavors. Having used the Cuisinart ICE-20 for two weeks now, I don’t think the extra ingredients used to flavor the ice cream matter as much as the basic ingredients in the ice cream itself. Out of the box, the Cuisinart ice…

  • Kylie Kwong: My China

    The first time I opened up My China by Kylie Kwong, I was underwhelmed. It had none of the mouth-watering glossy photos found in Simple Chinese Cooking. Now that I’ve actually tested out some of the recipes, I’m sold. Yesterday, I tried out the Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Coriander, Ginger and Chilli. Sort of. I…

  • Kylie Kwong: My China

    I really liked Kylie Kwong’s Simple Chinese Cooking, so I picked up My China: A Feast for All the Senses as well. First impression. My China is a huge book! 484 pages. However, I wouldn’t exactly call it a cookbook. Only 15-20% of the book is devoted to recipes, and the rest is about her…