I must have mentioned this several times, that I am normally not a very patient person. I think however, over time I have managed to hide this pretty well from most people. Years ago though, conceali...
One of the downsides of being in a relationship with someone as competitive as yourself, is that this normally extends to even food choices. On our recent London trip, we had lunch at Heston Blumetha...
It could have been the overcast sky that greeted me. Or, maybe the fact that after more than 24 hours on a plane with three different stopovers, I was told that the airline had lost my luggage…...
Momofuku Milk Bar Pistachio Cake Fear is not in the vocabulary of my seven month old puppy, Pash. That is, until last weekend when, for the first time, we took her on a ferry ride. As we queued to ...
I admit that I have an unhealthy obsession with cookbooks and food magazines. One of my favourite magazines is one published in the Philippines called Yummy. I’ve been a long time reader and ...
This evening for dinner we had lamb and brussel sprouts. My nephew, who is eight, did nothing to hide his dislike for the vegetable. His parents asked him to keep an open mind and despite his protest...
Picasso once said: “I paint the way some people write their autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages from my diary…” Now, replace paint with “cook” i...
The truth is, haven’t we all done something crazy just for a good meal? Sometimes, I have these ideas about food go beyond that, so much so that they are admittedly pushing the verge of derange...
It’s embarrassing how, being a founding member of Kulinarya Cooking Club, I’ve neglected our monthly challenges. The one thing about taking an extended leave from blogging is losing the d...
Where do I even begin? We last left of when Bizou died. I never told what exactly happened. I guess five months ago it was difficult for me to put in in writing. Even today, I get teary just think...
Bizou came into our lives around December of 2007. The fact that a three hour car drive turned into eight before we finally managed to take her home should have given me some inkling on what a troub...
I’ll be the first to admit, I am a gadget junkie. This weekend I stepped inside the mall and stepped out with an electric groom tool and a soft serve ice cream maker. It really didn’t m...
We were once asked to fill out a questionnaire at work that was meant to assess our strengths and weaknesses. The survey had over 150 questions and we were meant to share our results with our group ...
I remember the exchange of emails just like it was yesterday. A couple of Filipina friends exploring the possibility of starting a cooking club that would promote Filipino food. We talked about des...
I had a friend who was visiting for a few days and I found out that she had stopped eating meat since the last time I saw her. On a whim, I told her that I too would give up meat. If you read my b...
Many many years ago a large Philippine newspaper asked my Mom if she wanted to be featured in their food column. Despite my lack of food knowledge I volunteered to take her place and be interviewed....
The truth is, many blogs come and go, sometimes things just get in the way – whether it be work, family, or sometimes it can’t be explained and the eagerness just fades away. In the two...
My home is located at the bottom of a very hilly area. Each morning, I get up and take my dogs for a walk up and down a series steep inclines to reach the peak. The task is arduous and always leaves ...
In my sophomore year of high school I met two girls who would soon become my best friends. At first glance, it was an unlikely friendship. One of them was a champion equestrienne who also made it t...
I love Sydney. I really do. But I just wish we had decent food trucks roaming around the city. I’ve been reading about how gourmet food trucks have taken over in cities like New York, L.A., ...
I once challenged my husband (then boyfriend) to a food contest. We were planning a dinner and I told him that we both should come up with our own menu and get my Mom to judge which was better. He ha...
When I was six my birthday fell on Easter Sunday. I must tell you – this was probably the high point of my childhood. I mean, how cool was that for MY birthday to fall on this day? It was su...
The other day I came across an email written by a Japanese lady who lives in Australia. I had been watching the news and was saddened about the tsunami and earthquakes that have hit Japan but nothin...
A work colleague once asked me if I order in restaurants the same way that I order coffee. I thought his comment was pretty funny, especially since the weekend before my husband had said I was a wai...
If you read my blog enough, you will know how crazy I am about my two dogs, Baci and Bizou. They drive me crazy sometimes, and have more than once brought me to near bankruptcy with all the trips to...
Do you ever feel like yelling “STOP!”? Time to myself has been scarce for a number of months. There was moving house, holidays with the family, preparing the other house to be soldR...
“Why can’t you help out more with the housework?” I screamed at my husband early on Saturday. I must have shocked him at six in the morning but I was tired and grumpy and the dogs ...
A year ago I attempted to make har gow and failed miserably. It might have been because I used wheat flour instead of wheat starch and the resulting dough was so sticky that I had to throw the ̶...
Sometimes desperation drives us to do things we normally wouldn’t do in the right frame of mind. A few months ago our bedroom door got stuck shut and I couldn’t enter the room. I asked m...
A funny thing happened last weekend. My husband and I were having dinner at a new Italian restaurant and half way through the meal I asked him “Did you bring any money?” I can’t rem...
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