It all started a few months ago, when I soaked some raisins in orange liqueur. I watched them plump up, and when I tried one it was chewy and had the faint scent of...

Did you hoard cans of pumpkin puree during the fall and now have cans sitting in your cupboard, mocking you for your paranoia that there will be another pumpkin shortage this year? If you...

Is there a better pairing than wine and chocolate? Maybe... but today let's focus on these two and a giveaway! I don't do a lot of giveaways on the blog; the couple that I've done...

January 8, 2013

Salt and Pepper Tofu

I don't remember much of what we ordered - we probably ordered duck (we always get roast duck), and some sort of fried rice - but I do remember trying my first taste of...

Happy New Year, dear friends! To start this year filled with gratitude, I'm sharing some pictures from my latest stay in the Philippines. There are indeed the things that I am thankful for, the things...

December 30, 2012

12 Things in 2012

I don't know about you guys but I kinda-semi-almost believed that the world was really going to end on December 21st. That night, we were having a small dinner party at home with some of...

December 20, 2012

Round Up of Filipino Recipes

Mabuhay from the Philippines! I'm home for my annual vacation, and I couldn't be happier. Mabuhay is a traditional Filipino greeting, used to convey cheer and to welcome guests. It means "long live" and it's also...

December 16, 2012

Tuna Pasta and Other Good Eats

I'm just going to say it: tuna pasta does not look appetizing. Maybe to others, it doesn't even sound appetizing. But I grew up eating it, and it's a cinch to make, so it's...

Momofuku Milk Bar purists, don't get mad at me. I took Christina Tosi's famous corn cookies and modified it like I'm prone to doing - by adding more chocolate (in the form of white chocolate...

It was supposed to be like any other brunch. Except we ended up getting pizza. (I've had other unconventional things for brunch, so pizza wasn't really a stretch.) But then we tried the potatoes. Crispy, well-seasoned, wood...